OPPRESSION Synonyms

• cruel or inhumane treatment

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• improper or excessive use

• treat badly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• use foul or abusive language towards

• use wrongly or improperly or excessively

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• a political system governed by a single individual

• a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual

• the act of compelling by force of authority

• using force to cause something to occur

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• the state of being a slave

• the act of making slaves of your captives

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

• cruel or inhumane treatment

• the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

• a state of forcible subjugation

• (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

• the act of repressing; control by holding down

• the failure to develop some part or organ

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• a feeling of being oppressed

• unwelcome burdensome difficulty