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- noun Plural form of
oppressor .
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Examples
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The character of oppressors is very bad, so some understand v. 7.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Your bill of attainder places you directly in the group we call oppressors, Tommy boy.
Latest Articles 2009
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“If,” said the sister Ursula, “your friends, whom I should term oppressors and tyrants, take our land and our lives, seize our castles, and confiscate our property, you must confess, that the rough laws of war indulge mine with the privilege of retaliation.
Castle Dangerous 2008
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Nor is it positive to emphasize men as the "oppressors" -- this fosters resentment.
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Creating a Gender Responsive Learning Climate for Girls Ed.D. Matthew Lynch 2011
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Saudi women are being treated just as horrifically as Iranian women -- but because their oppressors are our governments' allies, rather than our governments' enemies, you hear almost nothing about them.
Johann Hari: Let's Hear It for the Unappreciated Heroes of 2010 Johann Hari 2010
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No one does, save for those who are out for revenge against perceived oppressors, or those who think they can switch roles with the so-called oppressors and take all of their stuff from them.
Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010
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Saudi women are being treated just as horrifically as Iranian women -- but because their oppressors are our governments' allies, rather than our governments' enemies, you hear almost nothing about them.
Johann Hari: Let's Hear It for the Unappreciated Heroes of 2010 Johann Hari 2010
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Saudi women are being treated just as horrifically as Iranian women -- but because their oppressors are our governments' allies, rather than our governments' enemies, you hear almost nothing about them.
Johann Hari: Let's Hear It for the Unappreciated Heroes of 2010 Johann Hari 2010
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Of course, for Marx, the oppressors were the owners of capital and the oppressed were the workers.
Folk Beliefs, Locke, and Marx, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Of course, for Marx, the oppressors were the owners of capital and the oppressed were the workers.
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