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What does oppression mean?

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Noun
  1. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
  2. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
  3. A feeling of being oppressed.
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In 1967 a military junta overthrew the government in Greece and established a brutal regime of oppression.
Plunder and rapine made her rich, and her oppression of millions made her great.
This adds up to more than 500 million people, who have been saved from the jaws of oppression and dominance.
There will always be oppression, people who jockey themselves into positions to control and exploit others.
They spilt their blood on foreign lands for us so that we can be free of oppression and divisiveness and so that this nation can be united.
The work is violently powerful, its overriding message being the oppression of the Mexican lower classes.

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