Oppression vs Suppression - What's the difference?
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The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
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The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
A feeling of being oppressed.
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The state of being suppressed.
A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
As nouns the difference between oppression and suppression
is that oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner while suppression is the act or instance of suppressing.oppression
English
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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English
Noun
- The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.