oppressor's
Belonging to persecutor
Oppressor's is the possessive form of oppressor—one who uses power to dominate, control, or treat others unjustly.
The possessive typically modifies tools, methods, or characteristics: the oppressor's boot on our necks, speaking the oppressor's language, escaping the oppressor's grasp.
System of governance
- bootHigh shoe or startup
- yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
- gripSecure manual hold
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
chains · iron fist · heel · stranglehold · dominion · authority · mandate · decree
Established mental attitude
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
fear · paranoia · insecurity · narcissism · justification · rationalization · blindness · conscience
Settlement of accounts
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- collapseSudden structural failure
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- justiceFair treatment under law
tribunal · accountability · revolution · uprising · liberation · nemesis · judgment · exile
Owned human, forced laborer
- subjectMatter under discussion
- colonizedEstablished foreign control over
- downtroddenPersistently mistreated and degraded
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
marginalized · silenced · displaced · exploited · conquered · subjugated · captive · prisoner
Strikes or aerates
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
- prisonConfinement for offenders
dungeon · propaganda · surveillance · censorship · torture · gallows · noose · bayonet
regime
System of governance
rule · chains · iron fist · heel · stranglehold · dominion · authority · mandate · decree · edict
mindset
Established mental attitude
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
delusion · fear · paranoia · insecurity · narcissism · justification · rationalization · blindness · conscience · guilt
reckoning
Settlement of accounts
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- collapseSudden structural failure
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
justice · tribunal · accountability · revolution · uprising · liberation · nemesis · judgment · exile · defeat
slave
Owned human, forced laborer
- subjectMatter under discussion
- colonizedEstablished foreign control over
- downtroddenPersistently mistreated and degraded
persecuted · marginalized · silenced · displaced · exploited · conquered · subjugated · captive · prisoner · serf
whip
Strikes or aerates
prison · dungeon · propaganda · surveillance · censorship · torture · gallows · noose · bayonet · baton
oppressor'svictim's
Belonging to harmed party
slave's · subordinate's · captive's · prisoner's · subject's