Oppression is the cruel or unfair treatment of a group of people. an attempt to escape political oppression. when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have political/racial/sexual etc oppression
the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" a feeling of being oppressed the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted