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Definitions for OPPRESSES
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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OPPRESSES in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OPPRESSES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of OPPRESSES in a Sentence

  1. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

    Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.

  2. Wendell Phillips:

    Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor.--infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.

  3. Carl Jung:

    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

  4. Veryan Khan:

    Add to this the measures France has taken to protect itself against the insider threat it faces, including banning the niqab (veil or mask), plus the usual complaints that Western religious freedom actually oppresses Muslims by exposing them to what they find morally reprehensible, and there you get the reason for their repeated, triumphal rejection of France.

  5. Colin Kaepernick:

    I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.

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