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# oppression

«oppression» in Mova's school dictionary: **cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a hero frees a land from the oppression of a tyrant

### examples

- The people suffered under the oppression of the cruel king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#x1)
- The hero ended the oppression. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#x2)
- Freedom is the opposite of oppression. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.124/)
- [Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.700/)
- [Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.706/)
- [Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.737/)
- [Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.903/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oppression» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.