" oppress "

 [ "Oppression" ]

1: An academic euphemism for first world inequality of outcome; an exaggeration that by comparison minimizes actual suffering, bondage, torture, and totalitarian control.

  * e.g.,  ... Although Fatima was still recovering from the non consensual genital mutilation she received by the hands of her village leader, she was glad that liberal arts students in the US weren't suffering the oppression of culturally insensitive Halloween costumes following their successful email campaign to the dean. 

 [ "Oppressive" ]

1:  Dominating harshly: Imposing a harsh or cruel form of domination.

  * e.g.,  ... An oppressive regime. 

 [ "Oppressive" ]

2:  Highly stressful: Exerting a worrying, troubling, or burdensome pressure on somebody.

 [ "Oppressive" ]

3:  Stifling: So hot and humid as to make people feel tired, irritable, or sluggish.

 [ "Oppression" ]

1:  An extremely unbalanced system of power in which a group of people is being discriminated against; typically found in dictatorships such as Nazi Germany or North Korea. Examples of oppression include slavery in the United States, the Jewish genocide carried out by Adolf Hitler, and the treatment of every single person in Soviet Russia except for its leader. Oppression can have serious consequences, but, most importantly, it can lead to enormous suffering and immense loss of life. The truly disgusting things that oppression has lead to are to be learned from. Don’t live in the past, but learn from it. Someone saying a mean word on the internet.

  * e.g.,  ... John: your dumb 

 [ "Oppressed" ]

1: Synonym with a country having rich oil fields. If a country is rich in oil, then it is by default also oppressed and in need of liberation.

  * e.g.,  ... Did you hear about Libya? We must liberate them, they're too oppressed. 

 [ "oppression" ]

1: The unjust keeping down of others by force... in today's and past societies people were opressed by RACISM as well as violence. One of the main factors of oppresion is human nature and it's regulation...?

  * e.g.,  ... the oppression of a people by a tyrant during a monarchy along with the oppression of blacks during the times of slavery  

 [ "Oppression" ]

1: Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable, doesn't mean it has to change.

  * e.g.,  ... Oppression is using your position as an anchor on a cable news show to assert that an imaginary, gift-giving elf modeled after a Christian saint from Turkey is white in order to prevent people from being more inclusive. -daily show 

 [ "Oppressed" ]

1: an act or instance of oppressing or subjecting to cruel or unjust impositions or restraints.

  * e.g.,  ... Oppressed 

 [ "Oppressment" ]

1: Adjective form of oppression

  * e.g.,  ... What’s a reason for war? “ oppressment” 

 [ "oppressed" ]

1: Noun: A guy/gal who recently got in a pretty bad state. The manner in which the guy got in such a state is often hilarious. Verb: The act of a person/organization which is the cause for the affected person being in such a state. The person/organization is usually unjust or does it as a joke. Used by some of the south Indians in Chennai, India.

  * e.g.,  ... They oppressed me by taking me to a boring show. 

 [ "Oppressive" ]

1: straight people

  * e.g.,  ... He kick me because i'm gay, he is so oppressive.