Hyphenation of oppression

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word oppression? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

op-pres-sion

Definitions of oppression:

1.	The act of subjugating by cruelty The tyrant's oppression of the people
2.	The state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: after years of oppression they finally revolted
3.	A feeling of being oppressed

Synonyms of oppression:

noun	subjugation, persecution
noun	subjugation, subjection
noun	oppressiveness, depression

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.