English-Swedish translations for oppression

• förtryck ett
  De är också en form av förtryck.They are also a form of oppression.
  Det finns ingen hierarki för förtryck.There is no hierarchy of oppression.
  Befolkningen i Irak har drabbats av ett oerhört förtryck.The people in Iraq have suffered extreme oppression.

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