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Definition of Oppressions

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 Oppressions from wikipedia

- no hierarchy of oppressions." Bulletin: Homophobia and education 14.3/4 (1983): 9. Hay, Carol. "The Obligation to Resist Oppression". Journal of Social...
- then male-dominated black liberation movement, citing the "interlocking oppressions" of racism, ****ism and heteronormativity. It broadens the scope of the...
- Oppression Olympics is a pejorative term for a type of victim mentality that views marginalization as a competition to determine the relative weight of...
- Shareholder oppression occurs when the majority shareholders in a corporation take action that unfairly prejudices the minority. It most commonly occurs...
- In corporate law in Commonwealth countries, an oppression remedy is a statutory right available to oppressed shareholders. It empowers the shareholders...
- The Taliban (/ˈtælɪbæn, ˈtɑːlɪbɑːn/; Pashto: طَالِبَانْ, romanized: Tālibān, lit. 'students'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic...
- (January 2009). "Examining the relationship between multiple internalized oppressions and African American ****, ****, bi****ual, and questioning persons'...
- Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism is a 2018 book by Safiya Umoja Noble in the fields of information science, machine learning...
- OCLC 779876753. …the histories of genocide, slavery, and exclusion and oppression of immigrants that seep into our daily lives of segregation, often as...
- highlighted the unique challenges faced by Black women due to the intersecting oppressions of race and gender. As an abolitionist, Sojourner Truth affirmed the...