oppressionist
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oppression + -ist.
Adjective
[edit]oppressionist (comparative more oppressionist, superlative most oppressionist)
- Taking part in or promoting oppression.
- 2004, Kathy Ehrensperger, That We May Be Mutually Encouraged: Feminism and the New Perspective in Pauline Studies:
- Nevertheless, for centuries this interpretation of Paul and of his way of thinking has, along with other elements, nurtured anti-Judaism, which led to the rise of political anti-Semitism and oppressionist nationalism, with its horrific consequences.
Noun
[edit]oppressionist (plural oppressionists)
- One who promotes oppression.
- 1867, Ellen Wood, A Life's Secret, page 287:
- It sickens one to see you true fellows going over to the oppressionists.
- 1908, Alfred Damon Runyon, “The Bomb Planters”, in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, volume 25, page 132:
- Our opinion was death to the leaders of the oppressionists, starting with the governor and going straight down the line of mine-owners.