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Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority

Mental pressure or distress

An aggressive and violent physical act against a person or object

Used to refer to something regarded as oppressive or restrictive

An unjust act, treatment or occurrence

Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

Severe suffering, difficulty or privation

The exercise of power or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled

Something that causes great worry, anxiety or grief

The act of regimenting

The use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats

Prejudice based on class

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

Lack of satisfaction

An imperfection, fault or bad name associated with someone or something

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Noun

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority

authoritarianism

totalitarianism

undemocratic rule

reign of terror

totalitarian government

single party rule

high-handedness

unreasonableness

harsh discipline

tyrannical rule

overbearingness

political doctrine

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“A ruthless dictator can end up leading a region into war, terrorism, and oppression on a global scale.”

Noun

Mental pressure or distress

disconsolateness

downheartedness

mental pressure

heavy-heartedness

demoralization^US

broken-heartedness

demoralisation^UK

low-spiritedness

heaviness of heart

slough of despond

heavyheartedness

dissatisfaction

endogenous depression

one's black dog

reactive depression

clinical depression

postnatal depression

mental suffering

disillusionment

discontentedness

emotional suffering

postpartum depression

extreme unhappiness

world-weariness

lack of confidence

lack of enthusiasm

heartbrokenness

loss of confidence

chip on one's shoulder

lack of interest

mid-life crisis

negative thinking

expecting the worst

expectation of worst

looking on the black side

emotional exhaustion

depth of misery

fit of ill temper

fit of bad temper

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“Their enclosed spaces offer shelter and protection without any sense of oppression.”

Noun

An aggressive and violent physical act against a person or object

physical assault

physical attack

physical violence

sexual interference

sexual misconduct

act of aggression

act of violence

actual bodily harm

grievous bodily harm

indecent assault

rough treatment

crushing defeat

overwhelming defeat

corporal punishment

headlong flight

disorderly retreat

game, set and match

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Noun

Used to refer to something regarded as oppressive or restrictive

disenfranchisement

peculiar institution

human trafficking

chains constraint

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Noun

An unjust act, treatment or occurrence

inequitableness

unreasonableness

travesty of justice

misdemeanour^UK

misbehaviour^UK

violation of the law

infraction of the law

breach of the law

moral transgression

act of dereliction

act of misconduct

breach of conduct

fall from grace

mischievousness

breaking of the law

failure to observe

non-compliance with

clandestineness

antisocial behavior

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Noun

Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

Noun

Severe suffering, difficulty or privation

impecuniousness

trials and tribulations

financial distress

straitened circumstances

hand-to-mouth existence

reduced circumstances

stroke of bad luck

apprehensiveness

nervous tension

tough assignment

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

uphill struggle

stroke of ill luck

reversal of fortune

thorn in one's flesh

cause for concern

thorn in someone's side

thorn in someone's flesh

harsh conditions

tough situation

hard row to hoe

hard mountain to climb

backbreaking work

heavy labour^UK

difficult project

critical situation

sticky situation

unfortunate situation

worst-case scenario

sorry condition

no-win situation

awkward situation

problematic situation

tricky situation

tight situation

difficult situation

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Noun

The exercise of power or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled

prestigiousness

superintendence

authoritarianism

superintendency

totalitarianism

authorization^US

authorisation^UK

undemocratic rule

reign of terror

political practice

primary position

period of dominance

period of domination

all-powerfulness

undisputed sway

supreme authority

total domination

strong influence

greater importance

unlimited power

organization^US

period of influence

single party rule

coadministration

organisation^UK

high-handedness

social position

unreasonableness

harsh discipline

stomping grounds

extent of power

oyer and terminer

illustriousness

efficaciousness

instrumentality

authoritativeness

constructiveness

good reputation

trustworthiness

conspicuousness

extraordinariness

bargaining chip

bargaining counter

outstandingness

unanswerability

distinguishment

media attention

prestidigitation

good organization

area of activity

social standing

unforgettableness

sphere of influence

span of control

exceptionalness

pronounced nature

outstanding nature

sense of direction

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Noun

Something that causes great worry, anxiety or grief

Noun

The act of regimenting

collectivization

harmonisation^UK

harmonization^US

mechanisation^UK

mechanization^US

organisation^UK

organization^US

standardisation^UK

standardization^US

institutionalisation^UK

institutionalization^US

Noun

The use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something

pressurisation^UK

pressurization^US

strong arm tactics

strong-arm tactics

strong-arm tactic

tiger by the tail

have on the brain

demanding money with menaces

putting into practice

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Noun

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats

Noun

Oppression

Noun

Prejudice based on class

narrow-mindedness

narrowmindedness

unfair preference

small-mindedness

tendentiousness

racial discrimination

preferential treatment

opinionatedness

ethnocentricity

superpatriotism

blind patriotism

preferentialism

racial prejudice

jobs for the boys

keeping it in the family

ethnic discrimination

objectification

race discrimination

short-sightedness

blinkered attitude

blinkered approach

old boy network

sexual discrimination

racial intolerance

monoculturalism

cultural homogeneity

social monoculturalism

excessive nationalism

excessive patriotism

excessive loyalty

dislike of foreigners

special treatment

positive discrimination

reverse discrimination

looking after one's own

male chauvinism

fanatical patriotism

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Noun

The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work

Noun

Lack of satisfaction

dissatisfaction

discontentedness

disillusionment

disconsolateness

downheartedness

heaviness of heart

heavy-heartedness

world-weariness

righteous anger

chip on one's shoulder

a rude awakening

heavyheartedness

broken-heartedness

being rubbed up the wrong way

emotional suffering

mental suffering

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

unconsolability

lack of confidence

lack of enthusiasm

loss of confidence

low-spiritedness

discombobulation

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Noun

An imperfection, fault or bad name associated with someone or something

blot on your escutcheon

loss of reputation

loss of respect

disreputableness

lack of respectability

blot on the escutcheon

character assassination

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