class oppression

collocation in English

meaningsofclassandoppression

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class
adjective
uk
/klɑːs/us
/klæs/
very ...
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oppression
noun[U]
uk
/əˈpreʃ.ən/us
/əˈpreʃ.ən/
a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities ...
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(Definition ofclassandoppressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This was to lose its historical character as an instrument ofclassoppressionisolated from the people.
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Accordingly, they should avoid engagement with foreign ideologies such as communism, and they should recognise the political imperatives of racial solidarity as opposed to those arising fromclassoppression.
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His writings inspired others, in particular journalists and political figures, to address such problems ofclassoppression.
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This was in response to the workingclassoppressionand in some sense a form of resistance.
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Through her medical practice, she observed women's physical and psychological problems and connected them with oppressive cultural practices, patriarchal oppression,classoppressionand imperialist oppression.
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Forms of feminism that strive to overcome sexism andclassoppressionbut ignore race can discriminate against many people, including women, through racial bias.
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As such, gender oppression is closely related toclassoppressionand the relationship between men and women in society is similar to the relations between proletariat and bourgeoisie.
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These images mirror the lyrical themes of the band, which detail crimes against humanity, religious hypocrisy and religion's effect on society,classoppression, nationalism, and man's general inhumanity to man.
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