Oppression vs Repress - What's the difference?
oppression | repress |
The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
* (Sir Walter Raleigh)
The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
A feeling of being oppressed.
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, title= The act of repressing.
To press again.
To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
*to repress sedition or rebellion
*to repress the first risings of discontent.
Hence, to check; to keep back.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between oppression and repress
is that oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner while repress is the act of repressing.As a verb repress is
to press again.oppression
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Noun
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions , imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings
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Noun
(es)Verb
(es)- to repress a vinyl record
- Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, / Thou couldst repress .