oppression
control of people by others
Mongol-Tatar yoke
system of political and tributary dependence of the Russian principalities on the Mongol Empire from 1242 to the end of the 15th century
persecution
systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group
sexual repression
state in which a person is prevented from expressing their own sexuality or sexual orientation
divide and rule
strategy in politics and sociology for stabilizing anti-democratic, illegitimate rule over people
internalized oppression
concept in which an oppressed group uses the methods of the oppressing group against itself