All 14 Uses
oppress
in
The Jungle, by Sinclair
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- One of the girls had read somewhere that a red flag was the proper symbol for oppressed workers, and so they mounted one, and paraded all about the yards, yelling with rage.
Chpt 11 *oppressed = treated harshly and unfairly
- And they could do nothing, they were tied hand and foot—the law was against them, the whole machinery of society was at their oppressors' command!
Chpt 18oppressors = people who deny equal rights to others or make them suffer OR people who dominate others harshly and unfairly
- Singular as it may seem, Jurgis was making a desperate effort to understand what the senator was saying—to comprehend the extent of American prosperity, the enormous expansion of American commerce, and the Republic's future in the Pacific and in South America, and wherever else the oppressed were groaning.
Chpt 27oppressed = treated harshly and unfairly; or people treated harshly and unfairly
- Months pass, years maybe—and then you come again; and again I am here to plead with you, to know if want and misery have yet done their work with you, if injustice and oppression have yet opened your eyes!
Chpt 28oppression = harsh and unfair treatment
- Of them that are oppressed and have no comforter!
Chpt 28oppressed = treated harshly and unfairly; or people treated harshly and unfairly
- Of the everlasting soul of Man, arising from the dust; breaking its way out of its prison—rending the bands of oppression and ignorance—groping its way to the light!
Chpt 28oppression = harsh and unfair treatment
- That it will be by the power of your naked bosoms, opposed to the rage of oppression!
Chpt 28
- The voice of the oppressed, pronouncing the doom of oppression!
Chpt 28oppressed = treated harshly and unfairly; or people treated harshly and unfairly
- The voice of the oppressed, pronouncing the doom of oppression!
Chpt 28oppression = harsh and unfair treatment
- There was an unfolding of vistas before him, a breaking of the ground beneath him, an upheaving, a stirring, a trembling; he felt himself suddenly a mere man no longer—there were powers within him undreamed of, there were demon forces contending, agelong wonders struggling to be born; and he sat oppressed with pain and joy, while a tingling stole down into his finger tips, and his breath came hard and fast.
Chpt 28oppressed = treated harshly and unfairly; or people treated harshly and unfairly
- Government oppressed the body of the wage-slave, but Religion oppressed his mind, and poisoned the stream of progress at its source.
Chpt 31
- Government oppressed the body of the wage-slave, but Religion oppressed his mind, and poisoned the stream of progress at its source.
Chpt 31
- I am defending the word of God—which is one long cry of the human spirit for deliverance from the sway of oppression.
Chpt 31oppression = harsh and unfair treatment
- That he should have suffered such oppressions and such horrors was bad enough; but that he should have been crushed and beaten by them, that he should have submitted, and forgotten, and lived in peace—ah, truly that was a thing not to be put into words, a thing not to be borne by a human creature, a thing of terror and madness!†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(oppress as in: oppressive heat) to make uncomfortable (weigh heavily on the senses or spirit)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)