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oppressional

oppressional adjective: exhibiting or relating to oppression.

Adjective

oppressional (comparative more oppressional, superlative most oppressional)

  1. Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
    • He must act — not speculate! — and, surrounded as we are on all sides by oppressional circumstances, all of which appear to be attempting to overwhelm us, we must be armed at all points for the encounter.1841, Miss Blackwell, Ellen Braye; Or, The Fortune-teller, volume 1, page 158

Forms of oppressional

comparativemore oppressional
superlativemost oppressional

Origin of oppressional

From oppression + -al.

Questions about oppressional

What does oppressional mean?
Oppressional means exhibiting or relating to oppression.
What part of speech is oppressional?
Oppressional is an adjective.

Words near oppressional in the dictionary

  1. oppressible
  2. oppressing
  3. oppressingly
  4. oppression
  5. Oppression Olympics
  6. oppressional
  7. oppressionism
  8. oppressionist
  9. oppressionists
  10. oppressions
  11. oppressive

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