oppressed
adjective/əˈprest/
/əˈprest/
- treated in a cruel and unfair way and not given the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people
- oppressed minorities
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOppressed is used with these nouns:- minority
- people
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- the oppressednoun [plural] people who are oppressed
- His sympathies were always with the poor and the oppressed.
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