Oppressiveness
1oppressiveness — oppressive ► ADJECTIVE 1) harsh and authoritarian. 2) weighing heavily on the mind or spirits. 3) (of weather) close and sultry. DERIVATIVES oppressively adverb oppressiveness noun …
2Oppressiveness — Oppressive Op*press ive, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] 1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Using oppression;… …
3oppressiveness — noun see oppressive …
4oppressiveness — See oppressively. * * * …
5oppressiveness — noun The characteristic of being oppressive …
6oppressiveness — op pres·sive·ness || É™ presɪvnɪs n. suppression; tyranny, despotism; dictatorship; distressfulness, burdensomeness, onerousness, weightiness …
7oppressiveness — op·pres·sive·ness …
8oppressiveness — noun 1. unwelcome burdensome difficulty • Syn: ↑burdensomeness, ↑heaviness, ↑onerousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑oppressive, ↑onerous (for: ↑onerousness), ↑ …
9ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
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