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Princeton's WordNet

  1. laden, oppressedadjective

    burdened psychologically or mentally

    "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure"

GCIDE

  1. oppressedadjective

    having excessive or unfair burdens imposed.

Wiktionary

  1. oppressedadjective

    Subject to oppression.

ChatGPT

  1. oppressed

    Oppressed refers to a person, group or community that is subjected to unjust treatment, exploitation or discrimination by a more powerful entity such as a government, organization or another societal group. This may involve systemic denial of basic rights, freedoms, opportunities and access to resources, often leading to a state of hardship, poverty or marginalization.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oppressed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oppressed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of oppressed in a Sentence

  1. Pax VII:

    Religion is a glorified system of control, or an oppressed system of liberation.

  2. Warren Stewart Jr.:

    State Katie Hobbs really have to vet State Katie Hobbs politicians and elected officials to see if Black lives do matter, and if the rights of all people -- groups that are oppressed and marginalized -- matter, i'm at a place where I am not impressed by apologies and videos.

  3. Simone de Beauvoir:

    In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

  4. Enes Kanter Freedom:

    I wanted to create the shoes I wanted to work with. [ There are ] artists [ from ] around the world who [ have ] been oppressed by their government because they know [ what ] the situation [ s ] there are. They put all their feelings and emotions in the shoes. And I was going out there putting the shoes on my feet and going out. They don't play basketball. And it became a huge trend.

  5. Dimitri Neonakis:

    I feel the need to speak out and my way is in the air, even though no one is going to see it, it makes me feel good... I know it's for them, the people oppressed over the years.

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