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Definition of Oppressiveness
1. Noun. A feeling of being oppressed.
Generic synonyms: Depression
Specialized synonyms: Weight
Derivative terms: Oppressive
2. Noun. Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.
Generic synonyms: Difficultness, Difficulty
Derivative terms: Burdensome, Heavy, Heavy, Onerous, Oppressive
Definition of Oppressiveness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being oppressive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oppressiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppressiveness
Literary usage of Oppressiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1904)
"The fact relied upon by the Secretary to prove the oppressiveness of the tariff
was the enhanced prices of some articles. But advancing prices are a feature ..."
2. The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution by Edward Shepherd Creasy (1889)
"Its oppressiveness to the Commonalty.—Its brighter Features. lv order to understand
the classes into which the two millions of human beings, who dwelt here ..."
3. American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century by Edward Stanwood (1903)
"The fact relied upon by the Secretary to prove the oppressiveness of the tariff
was the enhanced prices of some articles. But advancing prices are a feature ..."
4. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New by Peter Wiernik (1912)
"The normal rate of Jewish immigration is but slightly affected by the panic of
1893—oppressiveness of the Sunday Laws are felt by the new immigrants—The ..."
5. Eighteen Years on the Gold Coast of Africa: Including an Account of the by Brodie Cruickshank (1853)
"... —oppressiveness of the Ashantee rule. WE have assumed with some degree of
probability that, previous to any intercourse between the nations of Europe ..."
6. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"... acquiescence.4 It may be conceived to what a pitch of oppressiveness the
authority of the Roman officials must have risen during their administration. ..."
7. The Extraordinary Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State by John Wade (1832)
"oppressiveness of the Tithe System. Hardship and impoverishment result not less
from the amount than the mode in which the ecclesiastical revenues are ..."
8. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"Such being its severity towards the Spartans themselves, its oppressiveness
towards their tributaries may be conceived. The Athenians, urged by the heroism ..."
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