oppression[noun]Synonyms: persecution, abuse, brutality, cruelty, injury, injustice, maltreatment, subjection, tyranny
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
op‧pres‧sion /əˈpreʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable] when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have ⇒
discriminationpolitical/racial/sexual etc oppression
They suffered years of political oppression. the struggle against oppression [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲