Synonyms for oppresses
op·press·es

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1. List of paraphrases for "oppresses":

   represses, suppresses

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1. Wendell Phillips:

   Write on my gravestone: Infidel, Traitor.--infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.

2. Seup Sokha:

   There’s no education around this, for authorities or normal people, just a mindset and tradition that oppresses women into thinking they must stay silent no matter what, i have a daughter. I had to change my mindset and spread what I have learned because I don’t think she’d be safe in the current environment.

3. C. G. Jung:

   We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

4. Colin Kaepernick:

   I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color, to me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.

5. Merieme Addou:

   My vision of Islam is very different from what many people in the West think, many think Islam oppresses woman and restricts their freedoms, but this is because of traditions that have nothing to do with Islam.