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==Origin==
Middle French, French ''oppression'' [[violence]], harm (c1175 in Old French in plural), overwhelming task. Spanish ''opresión'' (1385 or earlier in sense ‘[[political]] oppression, [[tyranny]]’).
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : unjust or [[cruel]] [[exercise]] of [[authority]] or [[power]]
:b : something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of [[power]]
*2: a sense of being weighed down in [[body]] or [[mind]] : depression
==Description==
'''Oppression''' is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.[1] It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the [[feeling]] of being heavily [[burdened]], mentally or physically, by troubles, [[adverse]] conditions, and [[anxiety]]
Institutional Oppression occurs when established [[laws]], [[customs]], and [[practices]] systematically [[reflect]] and produce inequities based on one’s membership in targeted social [[identity]] groups. If oppressive consequences accrue to institutional laws, customs, or practices, the [[institution]] is oppressive whether or not the individuals maintaining those practices have oppressive [[intentions]].
When oppression is systematized through [[coercion]], threats of [[violence]], or violence by [[government]] agencies or non-government paramilitiaries with a [[political]] [[motive]], it is often called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_repression political repression]. More subtle forms of political oppression/repression can be produced by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting blacklisting] or individualized investigations such as happened during [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism McCarthyism] in the United States.
In [[sociology]] and [[psychology]], internalized oppression is the [[manner]] in which an oppressed [[group]] comes to use against itself the [[methods]] of the oppressor. For example, sometimes members of marginalized groups hold an oppressive view toward their own group, or start to [[believe]] in [[negative]] [[stereotypes]].
==See also==
*'''''[[Repression]]'''''
[[Category: Political Science]]
[[Category: Psychology]]
