Oppression and Power

Oppression

Oppression noun - A state or spell of low spirits.

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Power and oppression are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Power" instead a noun "Oppression".

Power noun - The right or means to command or control others.

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Oppression and power are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Oppression" instead a noun "Power".

true	true oppression	true power
divine	divine oppression	divine power
absolute	absolute oppression	absolute power
spiritual	spiritual oppression	spiritual power
Other adjectives: political, less, military, foreign, economic, mutant.

He has told them that the power of transformation lies within everyone and only the oppression of society and the lies of religion prevent people from using it.

Source: Pretender Diss
Also a lot of people are dead and the revolution, while successfully overthrowing the existing power structure, will probably just result in a new system of oppression.

Source: Literature / The Alchemy of Stone
The UASR is in many ways a socialist worker's paradise, but is suggested to have still done nasty things in the Cold War (and, as one source notes rather ominously, is the only major world power to still maintain a secret police force, suggesting a certain level of oppression).

Source: Literature / Reds

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