抑圧者
解説 Definition
抑圧者とは、他の人々や集団に対して不公正な支配や抑圧を行う人を指します。自由や権利を奪う権力を持つ人です。
An oppressor is a person, group, or government that treats others in a cruel and unfair way by using power or force. The word is common in discussions about politics, history, and social inequality.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず動詞oppress「抑圧する」を軸に覚えると定着しやすいです。oppressionが「抑圧」、そこに -or が付くと「その行為をする人」なので oppressor は「抑圧する側の人」。impress / express などと同じく -press 系の語は“強く押しかける”感じを持ちやすく、ここでは人を精神的・社会的に押さえつけるイメージ。使われる場面は political oppressor, brutal oppressor のように権力者批判が多いです。oppressor は人、oppression は状態、oppressed は抑圧された側、というセットで区別すると混乱しません。
Build this word from the family: `oppress`, `oppression`, `oppressed`, `oppressor`. The ending `-or` often means "the person who does it," so an oppressor is the person on the powerful side. The `press` part can help too: imagine someone pressing others down socially or politically.
例文
The people rose up against their oppressor and gained independence.
人々は自分たちを抑圧する者に立ち向かい、独立を勝ち取りました。
Throughout history, oppressors have been challenged by liberation movements.
歴史を通じて、抑圧者たちは解放運動による抵抗を受けてきました。
The former oppressor was brought to justice for crimes against humanity.
かつての抑圧者は、人道に対する罪で裁判にかけられました。
oppressor の類義語・関連語
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oppressor の語源・成り立ち Etymology
oppressorはラテン語opprimere「押さえつける」から来て、ob-「上から」+ premere「押す」に分けられる。pressureやdepressも同じ押す語根を共有。物理的に押しつぶす感覚が、そのまま社会的抑圧者の像につながる。
Oppressor comes from Latin opprimere, meaning "to press down" or "crush," from ob- "against/upon" and premere "to press." The same root appears in words like pressure, compress, and depress. The sense moved from physical pressing down to the social idea of keeping people under force or control.
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