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oppression:
- onderdrukking; beklemming; benauwdheid; beklemdheid; gevoel van beklemming; verdrukking; dwingelandij
Wiktionary:
- oppression → onderdrukking, bedruktheid
- oppression → benauwdheid, bezetting, drang, druk, pressie, knel

English

Detailed Translations for oppression from English to Dutch

oppression:

oppression [the ~] nom

the oppression (suppression; repression)
de onderdrukking
- onderdrukking [de ~ (v)] nom
the oppression (heaviness; sinking feeling)
de beklemming; de benauwdheid
- beklemming [de ~ (v)] nom
- benauwdheid [de ~ (v)] nom
the oppression (sinking feeling; tightness; heaviness; closeness)
de beklemdheid; gevoel van beklemming; de benauwdheid
- beklemdheid [de ~ (v)] nom
- gevoel van beklemming [znw.] nom
- benauwdheid [de ~ (v)] nom
the oppression
de verdrukking
- verdrukking [de ~ (v)] nom
the oppression
de dwingelandij
- dwingelandij [de ~ (v)] nom

Translation Matrix for oppression:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
beklemdheid	closeness; heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling; tightness
beklemming	heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling
benauwdheid	closeness; heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling; tightness
dwingelandij	oppression
gevoel van beklemming	closeness; heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling; tightness
onderdrukking	oppression; repression; suppression
verdrukking	oppression
-	oppressiveness; subjugation

Related Words for "oppression":

oppressions

Synonyms for "oppression":

subjugation; persecution
subjugation; subjection
oppressiveness; depression

Related Definitions for "oppression":

the act of subjugating by cruelty¹
- the tyrant's oppression of the people¹
a feeling of being oppressed¹
the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:¹
- after years of oppression they finally revolted¹

Wiktionary Translations for oppression:

oppression

noun

act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed
- oppression → onderdrukking
feeling of being oppressed
- oppression → bedruktheid
exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner
- oppression → onderdrukking

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• oppression	→ benauwdheid; bezetting; drang; druk; pressie; knel	↔ oppression — Action d’opprimer et état de ce qui est opprimé.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University