oppressionist

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adjective

Taking part in or promoting oppression.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveoppressionist (comparative more oppressionist, superlative most oppressionist)

comparative more oppressionist · superlative most oppressionist

  1. Taking part in or promoting oppression.

    Nevertheless, for centuries this interpretation of Paul and of his way of thinking has, along with other elements, nurtured anti-Judaism, which led to the rise of political anti-Semitism and oppressionist nationalism, with its horrific consequences.

    2004, Kathy Ehrensperger, That We May Be Mutually Encouraged: Feminism and the New Perspective in Pauline Studies
nounoppressionist (plural oppressionists)

plural oppressionists

  1. One who promotes oppression.

    It sickens one to see you true fellows going over to the oppressionists.

    1867, Ellen Wood, A Life's Secret, page 287
    1 more example

    Our opinion was death to the leaders of the oppressionists, starting with the governor and going straight down the line of mine-owners.

    1908, Alfred Damon Runyon, “The Bomb Planters”, in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 25, page 132

Origin

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APA

oppressionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppressionist

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“oppressionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppressionist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oppressionist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oppressionist.

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