oppressiveness
- a word derived from oppressive.
Example Sentences
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It could create a still greater sense of closeness, stickiness, oppressiveness.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2021
Our own intelligence about the oppressiveness of the kind of society which would like to forget us along with other historical ‘mistakes’ should give black people a unique force in effecting change in America.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2020
It’s a space, says Silton, “that has this sense of oppressiveness inside.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2017
But the family — mother, brother, sister, sister-in-law — quickly splinters into bitterness and infighting, an oppressiveness Dolan highlights with quick cuts between extreme close-ups.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2016
The oppressiveness of the day had decidedly ruffled the atmosphere of Happy House.
From Happy House by Abbott, Jane D.
