oppression
ਜ਼ੁਲਮ
definition
noun
a region shattered by oppression and killing
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
example
Their enclosed spaces offer shelter and protection without any sense of 'oppression' .
Statists see a world of 'oppression' and pain, and get depressed because of global warming and evil multinationals.
Starvation, slavery, 'oppression' and fear continue to dominate much of our world.
There is evidence that drugs can be a symptom of urban poverty and 'oppression' .
Now we all labour under the cynical belief that poverty, 'oppression' , exploitation is our destiny and we have to stay with it.
Millions of people the world over have marched against war, privatisation, 'oppression' and poverty.
Tens of millions around the globe see it, with justification, as an emblem of their 'oppression' and misery.
They are the source of wealth and the hope of a world weary of poverty and weary of 'oppression' .
a region shattered by 'oppression' and killing
They must refrain from 'oppression' and injustice and should help the persecuted.
a region shattered by 'oppression' and killing
a response to collective poverty and 'oppression'
Beatrice's mood had initially been alarm and a sense of 'oppression'
This is a grim, bleak little movie with precious little emotion to it and a real sense of 'oppression' .
Ages of 'oppression' and poverty rarely produce proud and warlike spirits.
We owe it to all those facing occupation, 'oppression' , poverty and injustice.
her mood had initially been alarm and a sense of 'oppression'
The politicians used their opportunity to inflict mass poverty, 'oppression' and murder.
Anyway, real folk singers like to sing about death, pain, injustice, poverty and 'oppression' .
Some of Elliot's poems are of genuine quality, and his themes of poverty and 'oppression' are deeply felt.
We want to end exploitation, 'oppression' , injustice, inequality, poverty, hunger and violence.
The republic was unlike all the countries of old Europe, which were based on 'oppression' , poverty and ignorance.
Now people are subjected to 'oppression' like before independence.
Several students felt that the stories of 'oppression' and abuse that they had heard had been difficult to endure.
Or perhaps some people are simply destined to poverty, 'oppression' and abuse.
Poverty and 'oppression' are palpable here, as is the social anger of the working class at these conditions.
Maybe she should go live among people who have nothing and who know nothing other than poverty and 'oppression' .
The forces of hierarchy, domination and 'oppression' are often said to be driving the capitalist pursuit of higher profits.
On the other hand, Walker's childhood was not devoid of exposure to 'oppression' and injustice.
It is such myths (of past wrongs to be avenged or conformities to be observed) that trigger the chain of 'oppressions' .
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