They also wanted freedom of religion because of the heavy oppression of the Catholic Church. Over time these social pressures caused a revolution in France.

Many have long suffered oppression and hardship under colonialism.

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed his spirits.

The state oppresses the people.

Chauvinism is oppressive.

The deeper we penetrate into the history of early institutions, the less we find grounds for the military theory of origin of authority. Even that power which later on became such a source of oppression seems, on the contrary, to have found its origin in the peaceful inclinations of the masses.

From that moment on, he felt undying hatred for his oppressors.

Sami thinks Muslim women are oppressed.

He defies the present government which is no less oppressive than its predecessor.

Some people think that hijab is something oppressive.