0 present participle of oppress --
1 to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom: --
2 to make a person feel uncomfortable or worried, and sometimes ill: --
Strange dreams and nightmares oppressed him.
Oppressing the free media and banning opposition parties are two signals of authoritarian behaviour which should be condemned.
They are a constant source of criminality, oppressing and enslaving people, endangering the life and limb even of children.
It has had a most oppressing effect upon these people, who are only too anxious to help the country.
That desire is one that has no regard to oppressing any other people.
It is not only a matter of oppressing people, but of denying them rights to which they are entitled.
It is really a question of how far a majority is prepared to exercise its rights without oppressing the minority.
In how many is one part of the population oppressing another?
That is the oppressing preoccupation of educational administration at the present time.
