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31oppressive — op·pres·sive …
32oppressive — [əˈpresɪv] adj 1) unfair and cruel 2) hot in an unpleasant way …
33oppressive — op•pres•sive [[t]əˈprɛs ɪv[/t]] adj. 1) burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical 2) causing discomfort 3) distressing or grievous • Etymology: 1620–30; < ML op•pres′sive•ly, adv. op•pres′sive•ness, n …
34oppressive — Cruel, severe, unduly dominating and exacting, exercising authority excessively. United States v Deaver (DCNC) 14 F 595, 597 …
35oppressive child labor — A condition of employment of children under a specified age in certain occupations, as proscribed by statute. 29 USC § 203(1) …
36oppressive legislation — Burdensome legislation against which, apart from constitutional provisions, the only protection is by an appeal to the people or their legislative representatives. 16 Am J2d Const L § 160 …
37oppressive litigation — Litigation for the purpose of harassing, annoying, and vexing an opponent, rather than for the adjudication of rights, being invoked, not for the attainment of justice, but to further or satisfy a malicious motive. Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v… …
38oppressive use of process — Harassment by process with the malicious intent of injury or harassment. 1 Am J2d Abuse P § 9 …
39oppressive — adj. 1 oppressing; harsh or cruel. 2 difficult to endure. 3 (of weather) close and sultry. Derivatives: oppressively adv. oppressiveness n. Etymology: F oppressif ive f. med.L oppressivus (as OPPRESS) …
40Anti-Oppressive Education — encompasses multiple approaches to learning that actively challenge different forms of what proponents describe as oppression. [Swanson, Darlene. (2005) [http://www3.educ.sfu.ca/conferences/ierg2005/viewabstract.php?id=198 Anti oppressive… …
