oppression

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[English Word] act tyrannically

[Swahili Word] -toa jeuri

[Part of Speech] verb

[Related Words] -toa, ujeuri

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] dhuluma

[Swahili Plural] dhuluma

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

[Related Words] dhulumu, dhalimu

[English Example] how many have been ruined by wanting to defraud people of their rights?

[Swahili Example] wangapi wameharibikiwa kwa kutaka kudhulumu haki za watu [Ya]

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] maonevu

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] maonezi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] ona

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] sumbulio

[Swahili Plural] masumbulio

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Word] sumbua V

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] udhalimu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 14

[Derived Word] dhalimu N

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[English Word] oppression

[English Plural] oppression

[Swahili Word] ujeuri

[Swahili Plural] jeuri

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] ujuba

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] ukatili

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 14

[Derived Word] katili adj

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] uonevu

[Swahili Plural] maonevu

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] uonezi

[Swahili Plural] maonezi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] uono

[Swahili Plural] maono

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] uonyo

[Swahili Plural] maonyo

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] oppression

[Swahili Word] dhiki

[Swahili Plural] dhiki

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Arabic

[Related Words] udhiki

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Synonyms:

Hardship, misery, suffering, calamity / Tyranny, severity, cruelty, injustice, persecution / Depression, lassitude, heaviness, dulness

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oppression — [ ɔpresjɔ̃ ] n. f. • déb. XIIIe; plur. « violences, dommages » XIIe; lat. oppressio 1 ♦ Action, fait d opprimer. Oppression du faible par le fort. ⇒ domination; joug. Oppression des minorités. Absolt Action de faire violence par abus d autorité.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
OPPRESSION — (Heb. עָפְרָה), an offense against property, standing midway between theft and robbery and fraud and often overlapping with either of them. The injunction, rendered in English as Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor (Lev. 19:13), really means… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
oppression — op·pres·sion /ə pre shən/ n: an unjust or excessive exercise of power: as a: unlawful, wrongful, or corrupt exercise of authority by a public official acting under color of authority that causes a person harm b: dishonest, unfair, wrongful, or… … Law dictionary
Oppression — Op*pres sion, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.] 1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. [1913 Webster] 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. The multitude of oppressions. Job xxxv. 9. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oppression — mid 14c., cruel or unjust use of power or authority, from Fr. oppression (12c.), from L. oppressionem (nom. oppressio), noun of action from pp. stem of opprimere (see OPPRESS (Cf. oppress)). Meaning action of weighing on someone s mind or spirits … Etymology dictionary
Oppression — (lat.), Unterdrückung, Beklemmung (z.B. der Brust); oppressīv, unterdrückend; opprimieren, unterdrücken, bedrücken … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
oppression — [n] misery, hardship abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand*,… … New thesaurus
oppression — Oppression, Oppressio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
oppression — [ə presh′ən] n. [OFr < L oppressio] 1. an oppressing or being oppressed 2. a thing that oppresses 3. a feeling of being weighed down, as with worries or problems; physical or mental distress … English World dictionary
Oppression — Oppressed redirects here. For the Welsh band, see The Oppressed. For other uses, see Oppression (disambiguation). Oppression derives from the concept of being weighted down, and is often depicted as such. Here, a cartoon Jew labors under the… … Wikipedia
oppression — (o prè sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1° État de ce qui est oppressé. Terme de médecine. Oppression des forces, état dans lequel le malade, loin de manquer de forces, est embarrassé de leur excès ; c est ce que l on observe au… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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