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oppression
English
Etymology
From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressi? (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprim?; see oppress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p????n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: op?pres?sion
Noun
oppression (countable and uncountable, plural oppressions)
- The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
- The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
- A feeling of being oppressed.
Related terms
- oppress
Translations
Further reading
- oppression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oppression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin oppressi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.p??.sj??/
Noun
oppression f (plural oppressions)
- oppression
- (Louisiana) asthma
Further reading
- “oppression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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burden
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from Old English byrden, byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic *burþini, from *burþ?, from Proto-Germanic *burþ??, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to carry, bear”).
Alternative forms
- burthen (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??dn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?dn/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?n
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- A heavy load.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- a ship of a hundred tons burden
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- (obsolete, rare) A birth.
- […] that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
burden (third-person singular simple present burdens, present participle burdening, simple past and past participle burdened)
- (transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
- (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Derived terms
- burden basket
- burdensome
- beast of burden
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French bordon. See bourdon.
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Composition
- As commonly used, the refrain, or burden, not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force of monotone - both in sound and thought.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ruddiman to this entry?)
- Theme, core idea.
References
Anagrams
- bunder, burned, unbred
Middle English
Etymology 1
From bord +? -en (“adjectival ending”)
Adjective
burden
- Alternative form of borden
Etymology 2
From burde +? -en (“plural ending”)
Noun
burden
- plural of burde
West Frisian
Noun
burden
- plural of burd
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