Definition of Oppression. Meaning of Oppression. Synonyms of Oppression

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Definition of Oppression

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

- 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...
- Oppression Olympics is a characterization of marginalization as a competition to determine the relative weight of the overall oppression of individuals...
- Intersectionality opposes analytical systems that treat each axis of oppression in isolation. In this framework, for instance, discrimination against...
- Shareholder oppression occurs when the majority shareholders in a corporation take action that unfairly prejudices the minority. It most commonly occurs...
- In social justice theory, internalized oppression is a recognized understanding in which an oppressed group accepts the methods and incorporates the oppressive...
- The Oppression Remedy is a book written by David Morritt, Sonia Bjorkquist, and Allan Coleman on corporate litigation. v t e...
- Liberation by Oppression: A Comparative Study of Slavery and Psychiatry is a 2002 critique of psychiatry by the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. Szasz compares...
- Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism is a 2018 book by Safiya Umoja Noble in the fields of information science, machine learning...
- Triple oppression, also called double jeopardy, Jane Crow, or triple exploitation, is a theory developed by black socialists in the United States, such...
- Political repression is the act of a state entity controlling a citizenry by force for political reasons, particularly for the purpose of restricting or...