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Oppressive vs Genocidal - What's the difference?

oppressive | genocidal |

As adjectives the difference between oppressive and genocidal

is that oppressive is burdensome or difficult to bear while genocidal is causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.

oppressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Burdensome or difficult to bear.
    • The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
  • Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
    • The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
  • Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
    • Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?

    Synonyms

    * (weather) humid, close

    genocidal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
  • * 1988: Andrew Farmer, The Rich Single Life''
    • An ethnic civil war triggered the genocidal massacre of more than 500000 people in just a few short months. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled...

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