Meanings
adjectiveoppressional (comparative more oppressional, superlative most oppressional)
comparative more oppressional · superlative most oppressional
- 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
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oppressional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppressional
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“oppressional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppressional. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oppressional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppressional.
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