oppressional
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oppression + -al.
Adjective
[edit]oppressional (comparative more oppressional, superlative most oppressional)
- Exhibiting or relating to oppression.
- 1841, Miss Blackwell, Ellen Braye; Or, The Fortune-teller, volume 1, page 158:
- He must act — not speculate! — and, surrounded as we are on all sides by oppressional circumstances, all of which appear to be attempting to overwhelm us, we must be armed at all points for the encounter.