抑圧

よくあつ · yokuatsu · JLPT N1 · noun

oppression

🗜️ 抑 press down + 圧 pressure = pressure pushed down: restraint or oppression

The same press-down sense covers holding back your own feelings and forcibly suppressing a group. Context tells you which: 抑圧された人々 means oppressed people.

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