oppression
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of subjugating by cruelty
the tyrant's oppression of the people
Types & categories
- persecution hypernym
Related & opposite
- crush derivation
Sense 2 noun
the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
after years of oppression they finally revolted
Types & categories
- subjection hypernym
- yoke hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a feeling of being oppressed
Types & categories
- depression hypernym
- weight hyponym
Related & opposite
- tyrannical derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crush |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | persecution |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | subjection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | yoke |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tyrannical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | depression |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | weight |