Keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, esp. by the unjust exercise of authority.
It means an individual or a group, even a country that are burdened with cruel and unjust impositions. As is put down or subdued by the excess of authority
The symbol of an oppressed worker in the jungle was the red flag. This flag was raised as a signal of distress and to represent the struggles and unity of oppressed workers in the jungle.
The word oppressed suggests the words abused and exploited.
The word 'oppressed' is the past participle, past tense of the verb to oppress.The past participle of the verb also functions as an adjective.The noun forms of the verb to oppress are oppressor, oppression, and the gerund, oppressing.
The verb form of oppression is oppress.Other verbs are oppress, oppressing and oppressed."I will oppress our enemies"."She is oppressing us"."They have been oppressed by their leader".
personal property
Thy are not oppressed at all.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed was created in 1970.
The citizens were oppressed by their cruel dictator.
"The Polish people were historically oppressed under neighboring empires." "The principal oppressed the faculty with his constant criticism and bullying."
A lot of us feel oppressed by the heavy homework load.
When King states "oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever" in his letter from Birmingham, he is stating that there is hope for his people. He presents himself as determined and trustworthy by having a plan- nonviolent protests.
Many times, a people has been a oppressed by an unfair ruler.
The symbol of an oppressed worker in the jungle was the red flag. This flag was raised as a signal of distress and to represent the struggles and unity of oppressed workers in the jungle.
The Egyptian taskmasters oppressed the Israelites, per Pharaoh's initiative (Exodus ch.1).
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races was created in 1964.
Ireland the Oppressed - 1912 was released on: USA: 14 December 1912
De Oppress Liber - "To Free the Oppressed" - is the motto of US Army Special Forces.