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Burdened or subjected to harsh and unjust control.

adjective

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oppressed

The novel follows an oppressed community trying to preserve its language.
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The oppressed craftspeople face confiscation of their work and harsh restrictions that the narrative explicitly presents as unjust.
From Authority and Retaliation in Fiction.
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