oppressive

We must not justify any alienating or oppressive practices whatsoever.
Nous ne devons justifier aucune pratique aliénante ou oppressive.
Mariam and Laila grow up during regimes that are not oppressive.
Mariam et Laila grandissent sous des régimes qui ne sont pas oppressifs.
Wanna do it without the oppressive heat of the sun?
Voulez le faire sans chaleur accablante du soleil ?
We are creating a very dark and oppressive future for everyone.
Nous créons un avenir très sombre et oppressif pour tout le monde.
In a more advanced state they might be really oppressive and insupportable.
Dans un état plus avancé elles pourraient être vraiment accablantes et insupportables.
This family form is particularly oppressive to women and children.
Ce type de famille est particulièrement aliénante pour les femmes et les enfants.
I wanted be free from all of the oppressive negativity.
Je voulais être débarrassé de toute cette négativité oppressante.
For us, afrofeminism seeks to eliminate these oppressive systems in their complexity.
Pour nous, l’Afroféminisme cherche à enrayer ces systèmes oppressifs dans leur complexité.
The government in control is often oppressive.
Le gouvernement sous contrôle est souvent oppressif.
In the oppressive customer service atmosphere it is almost rebellious.
L'atmosphère oppressive du service à la clientèle nous rend presque rebelles.
Yet this universality is not one of oppressive uniformity.
Toutefois, cette universalité n'est pas une uniformité opprimante.
Many of the oppressive systems have ended in the dustbin of history.
Beaucoup de systèmes oppressifs ont fini dans la poubelle de l'histoire.
Only Bolivia is openly working at an escape from this oppressive system.
Seule la Bolivie travaille ouvertement pour échapper à ce système oppresseur.
The people of North Korea suffer under a brutal and oppressive regime.
Le peuple nord-coréen souffre sous un régime brutal et oppresseur.
Indeed, these places are now oppressive and sources of conflict.
Or, ces lieux sont aujourd’hui oppressifs et conflictuels.
The noise we make on digital platforms scares oppressive regimes.
Le bruit que nous faisons sur ces plates-formes numériques fait peur aux régimes oppressifs.
Hope takes the place of despair, and joy replaces oppressive gloom.
L’espoir remplace le désespoir, et la joie, la tristesse opprimante.
Solidarity cannot reinforce oppressive power dynamics. [iii]
La solidarité ne peut renforcer la dynamique du pouvoir oppressif. [iii]
He created oppressive policies against Hindus.
Il a créé des politiques oppressives contre les hindous.
Imagine production without the oppressive costs and time requirements of tooling.
Imaginez la production sans les coûts oppressants ni les délais de l'usinage.
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