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 →

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 →
• The hero ended the oppression. tree →
• Freedom is the opposite of oppression. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
• Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'
• Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?
• Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oppression» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.