Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for oppressive

oppressive

Discover More

Example Sentences

Body horror explodes oppressive female beauty standards in “The Substance.”

Meanwhile, Mr Chambers insisted he had behaved professionally, after some witnesses claimed he had acted in an oppressive, overbearing and bullying way,

From BBC

With Afrikaners in power during apartheid, the language became ever more associated with the oppressive regime.

From BBC

Worried about the potential for homeless encampment sweeps and an oppressive police presence during the Games, the group has taken note of Hoover’s background.

It demonstrates that love, though perhaps the world’s most beautiful emotion, is not necessarily the most important one, at least not when oppressive politics become involved.

From Salon

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement