as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits
suffered a lingering oppression in the weeks after his dog died
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Recent Examples of oppression
Broken shackles lie underneath the statue’s drapery, to symbolize the end of all types of servitude and oppression.
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Jack Guy, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
His 2021 film Rohingya centered on the world’s largest refugee camp, erected in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to house refugees fleeing oppression and death in Myanmar.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
The other educator, 25-year-old Paxton Bean, is charged with official oppression and injury to a child with intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Specifically she’s identified four traits that signal an overcorrection:
Projecting and Scapegoating: When confronting larger systems of oppression feels overwhelming, individuals or groups redirect their frustration onto more accessible targets - their managers, and leaders.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jack Guy, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
His 2021 film Rohingya centered on the world’s largest refugee camp, erected in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to house refugees fleeing oppression and death in Myanmar.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
The other educator, 25-year-old Paxton Bean, is charged with official oppression and injury to a child with intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Specifically she’s identified four traits that signal an overcorrection:
Projecting and Scapegoating: When confronting larger systems of oppression feels overwhelming, individuals or groups redirect their frustration onto more accessible targets - their managers, and leaders.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppression
Noun
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After addressing changes in his diet, Williams said, his health and depression became manageable.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The series builds a lot of sympathy for the showcased players, especially Duran, who is uncomfortably open recalling the pressure his father — who admits to some regrets as well — put on him and talking about his struggles with depression.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Watching Thief, yes, we’re naturally mesmerized by its nocturnal compositions, its lovely sense of melancholy, its almost abstract robbery sequences filled with sparks and flames bursting off steel vaults.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album The music of the indie rock band Japanese Breakfast is suffused with longing.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The book, which spans the twenty-odd years of Mii’s life, describes the daily joys and intimacies of having a pet, the difficulties that come with an aging cat, and the sorrows of outliving one’s animal companion.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Tomorrow is the day this profound sorrow renews my motivation.—
Bluesky Social,
Bluesky Social,
31 Mar. 2025
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In the episode, Duran describes his mental anguish during that time and some of the steps he’s taken since then to improve his mental health.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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And all of that anguish of going through that process of retrying to develop my body in a way that will never be the same anyway.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Oppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppression. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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