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oppressed
adjective as in downtrodden
Example Sentences
“And the oppressed sense their moral superiority vindicated against an evil.”
It will be a long time before the U.S. can demand liberty for oppressed nations and be taken seriously.
In 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center considered these groups to be extremist, “constantly painting themselves as an oppressed class, while vilifying those discriminated against,” it said.
They believe they are entitled to control public opinion, or they are being oppressed.
But the turbulent charge of Leroy’s voice and body language serves another purpose: keeping the character’s history as an oppressed Black man cruelly cut off from his soulmate ever in sight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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