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Oppression
Oppression Op*pres"sion, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.]
1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty;
severity; tyranny. ``The multitude of oppressions.' --Job
xxxv. 9.
3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of
spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft
oppression seized My drowsed sense. --Milton.
4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Meaning of Oppression from wikipedia
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Oppression is
malicious or
unjust treatment of, or
exercise of
power over, a
group of individuals,
often in the form of
governmental authority or cultural...
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Oppression Olympics is a
characterization of
marginalization as a
competition to
determine the
relative weight of the
overall oppression of individuals...
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Intersectionality opposes analytical systems that
treat each axis of
oppression in isolation. In this framework, for instance,
discrimination against...
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Triple oppression, also
called double jeopardy, Jane Crow, or
triple exploitation, is a
theory developed by
black socialists in the
United States, such...
- In
social justice theory,
internalized oppression is a
recognized understanding in
which an
oppressed group accepts the
methods and
incorporates the oppressive...
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Liberation by
Oppression: A
Comparative Study of
Slavery and
Psychiatry is a 2002
critique of
psychiatry by the
psychiatrist Thomas Szasz.
Szasz compares...
- The
Oppression Remedy is a book
written by
David Morritt,
Sonia Bjorkquist, and
Allan Coleman on
corporate litigation. v t e...
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Algorithms of
Oppression: How
Search Engines Reinforce Racism is a 2018 book by
Safiya Umoja Noble in the
fields of
information science,
machine learning...
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Political repression is the act of a
state entity controlling a
citizenry by
force for
political reasons,
particularly for the
purpose of
restricting or...
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Oppression may also
refer to:
Oppression (album), by Incite, 2016 "
Oppression", a song by Ben
Harper from
Fight for Your Mind
Oppression remedy, a
concept in corporate...