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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prasadana2" data-source="post: 5158256" data-attributes="member: 4664">The definition of Oppression is: 1. the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. 2. an act or instance of oppressing. 3. the state of being oppressed. 4. the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, anxiety, etc.Social oppression has in recent times been an epiphenomenon of various types of social dysfunction, whereby discrimination against an identified group is stimulated, encouraged and reinforced by way of promoting antagonism towards the Other. The term itself is derived, in a direct experiential sense, from the sensation of being pushed or lifted up by a greatly superior force.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppression</a></blockquote>

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