The definition of Oppression's: 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's stimulated, encouraged and reinforced by way of p… (More on Oppression)