English-Italian translations for oppression

• oppressione
  Poiché quel gioco si conclude con l'oppressione e la vergogna, For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
  Anch’essi sono una forma di oppressione. They are also a form of oppression.
  Non c’è gerarchia di oppressione. There is no hierarchy of oppression.
• sopruso
• soverchieria

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