oppression
- noun (n)
Meaning: misery, hardship
Synonyms:
abuse
abusiveness
autocracy
brutality
calamity
coercion
compulsion
conquering
control
cruelty
despotism
dictatorship
domination
fascism
force
forcibleness
hardness
harshness
injury
injustice
iron hand
maltreatment
martial law
overthrowing
persecution
severity
subduing
subjection
suffering
torment
tyrrany
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