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.
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.
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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 .
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 .
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by brendons_forehead November 5, 2016
Get the internalized oppression mug.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.
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by Allison Amy December 9, 2008
Get the Oppression Olympics mug.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.
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."
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."
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