Oppressive

Definition of Oppressive

causing someone to feel burdened, harshly controlled, or unfairly treated

How should Oppressive divide into syllables

The word 'oppressive' has 4 syllables. The vowels are 'o', 'e', and 'i'. The consonants are 'p', 'r', 's', and 'v'.

Part of Speech - Oppressive

The oppressive heat made it hard to breathe.

Sentences with Oppressive

• The oppressive government did not allow freedom of speech.
• The oppressive workload made her feel stressed.
• The oppressive heat made everyone want to stay indoors.
• The oppressive rules made the game no fun.
• The oppressive atmosphere made it hard to relax.
• The oppressive regime was overthrown by the people.
• The oppressive teacher gave too much homework.
• The oppressive laws discriminated against certain groups.
• The oppressive humidity made it hard to sleep.
• The oppressive silence made her feel lonely.

Quotes with Oppressive

• The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear. - William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
• I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The oppressor always expects the oppressed to extend the hand of fraternity. The oppressed, however, are not obliged to reciprocate. - Paulo Freire
• The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on. - James Patterson
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Karl Marx
• The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known is the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts. - Oscar Wilde
• The excuse that the oppressor uses for his oppression is that the oppressed are inferior. - Frantz Fanon
• The oppressed will always believe the worst about themselves. - Frantz Fanon
• Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group. - Iris Marion Young
• It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. - Aung San Suu Kyi
• It is better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees. - Emiliano Zapata
• The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. - Karl Marx
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Karl Marx
• The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. - Milan Kundera
• The oppressor's greatest fear is the oppressed coming together and demanding change. - Bob Marley
• The oppressed will always be led to believe that they are inferior to the oppressor. - James Baldwin
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Karl Marx
• The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Karl Marx

Number of characters in Oppressive

10 ( o, p, p, r, e, s, s, i, v, e )

Unique letters in Oppressive

7 ( o, p, r, e, s, i, v )

Oppressive Backwards

evisserppo

Phonetic Transcription of Oppressive

IPA (International): ʌˈpresɪv

ARA (American): ʌˈprɛsɪv

EPA (English): ʌˈpresɪv

AH-PREH-SIH-V