oppressed
Definition
- Adjective:
- Subjected to unjust or cruel treatment and control: Refers to a person or group of people who are kept in a state of hardship or suffering by an authority or system that uses power in a cruel or unfair way.
- Burdened psychologically or mentally; weighed down: Describes a state of feeling heavily burdened by worry, grief, or a sense of failure.
Usage
- The adjective oppressed is used to describe people or groups who are systematically mistreated.
- It can also describe a personal, internal feeling of being weighed down.
- It is often followed by the preposition "by" to indicate the source of the oppression (e.g., , ).
Examples
- Describing a group:
- The oppressed citizens finally rose up against the dictator.
- The movement fought for the rights of the oppressed.
- Describing a psychological state:
- She felt oppressed by the constant pressure to succeed.
- He was oppressed with guilt after the accident.
Advanced Usage
- "the oppressed" (used as a plural noun): Refers collectively to people who are suffering under oppression.
- The revolution was meant to liberate the oppressed.
Variants and Related Words
- Oppress (verb): To keep someone in hardship through the unjust exercise of authority.
- A good government should not oppress its people.
- Oppression (noun): The state of being oppressed; the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- They lived under decades of political oppression.
- Oppressive (adjective):
- Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint.
- An oppressive tax law.
- Weighing heavily on the mind or spirits; causing discomfort.
- The oppressive summer heat.
Synonyms
- Persecuted: Subjected to hostility and ill-treatment.
- Subjugated: Brought under domination or control.
- Downtrodden: Treated unfairly by people in power.
- Burdened: Carrying a heavy load (of something physical or mental).
Antonyms
- Liberated: Set free from oppression.
- Free: Not under the control or in the power of another.
- Empowered: Given the authority or power to do something.
Adjective
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burdened psychologically or mentally
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laden with grief
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oppressed by a sense of failure
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