Vocabulary
Oppression
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.
Urdu meaning
جبر، ظلم و ستم
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Police were the main instrument of state oppression, injuring and killing protesters, knowing they had the blessings of the ruling elite.
- What else could explain the continued US acquiescence in Israel`s oppression and the ethnic-cleansing of Palestine, despite rage in the Arab street?
- Every once so often, an episode of oppression, violence or neglect generates a fit of outrage on digital platforms.
- In short, the BJP`s India has fully renounced Gandhian and Nehruvian solidarity with Palestine, and unreservedly backs Israeli oppression.
- Anyone who is inspired or moved by what occurred in Karbala in 61 AH cannot but raise their voice against oppression and injustice, and in defence of the weak and the downtrodden.
Synonyms
persecution, abuse, maltreatment, ill treatment, tyranny, despotism, repression,
Antonyms
freedom, democracy
Curator example
“a region shattered by oppression and killing”
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