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book burning
the destruction of writings of which the subject, the view of the author, or the like is considered politically or socially objectionable: used as a means of censorship or oppression. -
corrido
a Mexican ballad or folksong about struggle against oppression and injustice. -
duress
compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint. -
dystopia
a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding. -
false consciousness
a Marxist theory that people are unable to see things, especially exploitation, oppression, and social relations, as they really are; the hypothesized inability of the human mind to develop a sophisticated awareness of how it is developed and shaped by circumstances. -
hateful
arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.