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Oppressive

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

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

3. Stifling: So hot and humid as to make people feel tired, irritable, or sluggish.
An oppressive regime.
by Jafje April 5, 2007
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Oppressive

He kick me because i'm gay, he is so oppressive.
by Alt girl September 22, 2020
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trans-oppressive

Someone who exhibits oppressive behavior towards certain groups of people, but does not self-identity as oppressive.
Joe- Can you believe those racist over there?
Mike- Bro...they're not racist, look at their sign! It says "All Lives Matter"
Joe- that's just a cover, they're trans-oppressive .
by Joe882k9 April 2, 2017
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internalized oppression

Zarna Joshi is the founder of the internalized oppression meme, thought h3h3 productions got the meme started
by brendons_forehead November 5, 2016
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Oppression

An academic euphemism for first world inequality of outcome; an exaggeration that by comparison minimizes actual suffering, bondage, torture, and totalitarian control.
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.
by Majikkutepu April 14, 2017
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Oppression Olympics

term that describes but rejects as false the phenomenon whereby activists against prejudice towards one group will attempt to position that prejudice as "worse" than the prejudice faced by another group
We get nowhere as feminists if we engage in the Oppression Olympics.
by Allison Amy December 9, 2008
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Oppression Olympics

Oppression Olympics is the tactic used by Alt-Leftists in Western society that's used to silence people who are "privileged", attempting to render their qualms useless. The pecking order (Bottom to top) goes:
White straight men, black straight men, white straight women, white gay men, white gay women, black gay men, white transsexuals FtM, white transsexuals MtF, black straight women, black gay women, black transsexuals FtM, black transsexuals MtF.
Although the tactic is used by Alt-Leftists, the term is used by those who oppose it.
Person 1: "You know, I'm not huge on this new obsession with teaching African history to students over the Roman Empire"
Person 2: "Well lucky you're a white guy so your opinion is not required"
Person 1: "I ain't playing this Oppression Olympics shit with you, man."
by Opoisredkkvrov June 7, 2021
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