All 5 Uses of
oppress
in
The Idiot
- However, it was impossible to avoid remarking that there was some sense of oppression in the household—something unspoken, but felt; something strained.†
Chpt 2.1
- But it was a hysterical laugh; he was feeling terribly oppressed.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- Why was his brow clammy with drops of moisture, his knees shaking beneath him, and his soul oppressed with a cold gloom?†
Chpt 2.5
- How will you treat us all next, I wonder?" she said, but she spoke with a ring of joy in her voice, and as though she breathed at last without the oppression which she had felt so long.†
Chpt 4.5
- He had tried, all these days, to drive away the heavy thoughts that oppressed him; but what was the hidden mystery of that soul?†
Chpt 4.8
Definition:
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(oppress as in: oppressive government) to dominate harshly and unfairly; or to make sufferThe meaning of oppress depends upon its context. For example:
- "The authorities oppress political activists," or "The new nation oppressed Native Americans." -- to dominate harshly and unfairly
- "She is oppressed by excessive debt." - made to suffer