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Noun: oppressiveness  u'pre-siv-nus or ow'pre-siv-nus
  1. A feeling of being oppressed
    - oppression, repressiveness
     
  2. Unwelcome burdensome difficulty
    - burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness

Derived forms: oppressivenesses

See also: oppressive

Type of: depression, difficultness, difficulty

Nearest

oppositeness
opposition
Opposition
oppositionist
oppositive
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opprobrious
opprobriously
opprobrium
oppugn
oppugnant
Ops
Opsanus tau
opsin
opsonin