Oppression

===== Etym =====
oppression (n.) mid-14c., oppressioun, "cruel or unjust use of power or authority," from Old French opression (12c.), from Latin oppressionem (nominative oppressio) "a pressing down; violence, oppression," noun of action from past-participle stem of opprimere "press against, press together, press down;" figuratively "crush, put down, subdue, prosecute relentlessly" (in Late Latin "to rape"), from assimilated form of ob "against" (see ob-) + premere "to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress" (from PIE root *per- (4) "to strike").
== Gen ==
Oppression is one of the major problems of human history. Suppress, oppress, repress, are all relatively overlapping concepts. E.g. ‘suppressive individual’, a concept withing Scientology. 
Exclusion; Marginalisation; Oppression is always a type of exclusion and marginalisation. 
Slavery; Ableism.
== Rhizomata ==
Cults