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Oppression Envy 

When a middle class white activist gets bored and starts to feel left out and unimportant because they and their family have not been discriminated against
Person 1:"Why was Steven talking about how he knew what being robbed of cultural heritage felt like at that anti-racism and oppression rally, I though his background was British"
Person 2: "He just found out he's an eighth Armenian and they were invaded by Turkey almost 100 years ago"
Person 1: "Sounds like he's suffering from oppression envy"
Oppression Envy by DylanB July 17, 2016

Oppression cred stacking 

Similar to victim cred stacking, but more general and woke. See: victim cred stacking.
Holly is otherwise dumpy, ordinary, and unappealing, so she adds autism and non-binary to her profile bios to garner some oppression cred stacking so that she can play the victim in online conversations.

oppression-erection 

The arousal, physical AND/OR mental, that a male feels when exerting privilege and oppressing a female.
"I opened a door the other day for a woman. With my OPPRESSION-ERECTION!"

"That 'heterosexuality is stockholm syndrome' meme gave me such an oppression-erection."

Oppression-train 

A. When individuals believe everything is based on oppression.
B. When individuals take offense for a comment on behalf of someone else, who is not offended.
Karen really got offended that I made a racial joke and Tyron thought it was hilarious! She needs to get off of the Oppression-train!
Oppression-train by Volksgeist September 22, 2020

Oppression Theatre 

Oppression theater is the practice of implementing public, highly-visible measures to give off the appearance of being oppressed. However, no actual oppression is occurring. It is often done in conjunction with virtue signaling, and self inflicted victimization.
Despite living in a sought after suburban neighborhood, Wendy regularly engages in oppression theatre for attention.
Oppression Theatre by Joedaddy755 February 22, 2025

Oppression Rationalization

The intellectual framework that justifies hierarchical control by arguing it is natural, efficient, or for the victims' own good. It uses historical determinism, pseudo-science, or theories of "order" to argue that oppressed groups are inferior, unprepared for freedom, or that their subjugation is essential for societal progress or stability.
Example: Defenders of colonial rule arguing it brought "civilization," railways, and governance to "backward" societies. The violence, cultural genocide, and extraction are rationalized as the difficult but necessary price of progress. This oppression rationalization treats domination as a tutelage, reframing the oppressor’s greed as a burden shouldered for the benefit of the oppressed.