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English Dictionary: oppressiveness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oppressiveness
n
  1. a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression, oppressiveness]
  2. unwelcome burdensome difficulty
    Synonym(s): burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
      1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
            harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
            service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.
  
      2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
            commands.
  
      3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive
            grief or woe.
  
                     To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
            -- {Op*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Op*press"ive*ness}, n.
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