English-Hungarian translations for oppression

• elnyomás
  Irakban szélsőséges elnyomás alatt éltek az emberek. The people in Iraq have suffered extreme oppression.
  A nők elnyomása jó, a szeszfogyasztás rossz. Oppression of women is good, drinking alcohol is bad.
  Most ugyanez. Most a világban a hazugság és az elnyomás két pillérre épül. In today's world, lies and oppression rest on two pillars.

Definition of oppression

• The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner
• The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed
• A feeling of being oppressed

Examples

• The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution
• Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun

Related words

• oppressive
• oppressively
• oppressiveness
• antioppression