The unilateral subjugation of one individual or group by a more powerful individual or group, using physical, psychological, social or economic threats or force, and frequently using an explicit ideol [..]

The systematic exploitation of one societal group by another for its own benefit. The phenomenon involves institutional control, ideological domination, and the imposition of the dominant group’s cult [..]

mid-14c., "cruel or unjust use of power or authority," from Old French opression (12c.), from Latin oppressionem (nominative oppressio) "a pressing down; violence, oppression," nou [..]

the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after y [..]

A systematic form of discrimination that is generated when institutions or structures in a society maintain hierarchies of power and privilege that weighs down or subjugates a specific group. Oppression can be subtle and relatively invisible to the mainstream society, or it can be “institutionalized in customs and norms, or even codified in laws” ( [..]

an unjust or excessive exercise of power: as a : unlawful, wrongful, or corrupt exercise of authority by a public official acting under color of authority that causes a person harm b : dishonest, ...

The systemic and pervasive nature of social inequality woven throughout social institutions as well as embedded within individual consciousness. Oppression fuses institutional and systemic discrimination, personal bias, bigotry and social prejudice in a complex web of relationships and structures that saturate most aspects of life in our society. O [..]

Oppression is when a person or group in a position of power exercises authority or otherwise

Oppression is the subjugation of one group by another, carried out under conditions of unequal power, and often enforced by threats of or by actual violence. According to Webster’s Third International [..]

1. Prejudice and power. 2. The systemic expression of social inequality woven throughout institutions as well as embedded within individual consciousness. Oppression fuses institutional and systemic discrimination, personal bias, bigotry, and social prejudice in a complex web of relationships and structures that saturate most aspects of life in our [..]

(n) the act of subjugating by cruelty(n) the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:(n) a feeling of being oppressed

The unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power. Often refers specifically to abuse of power with a systemic and historical expression. The combination of prejudice and institutional power which cr [..]

External oppression is the unjust exercise of authority and power by one group over another. It includes imposing one group’s belief system, values, and life ways over another group. External oppressi [..]

exists when one social group, whether knowingly or unconsciously, exploits another social group for its own benefit.

discrimination at the group or societal level. See Discrimination

The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. *pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves year=1918| (Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.)

results from the use of institutional power and privilege where one person or group benefits at the expense of another; oppression is the use of power and the effects of domination