Depression vs. Oppression

Depressionnoun

(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.

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(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

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(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.

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(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.

Depressionnoun

(economics) A period of major economic contraction.

Depressionnoun

Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.

Depressionnoun

The act of lowering or pressing something down.

Depressionnoun

A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

Depressionnoun

The act of depressing.

Depressionnoun

The state of being depressed; a sinking.

Depressionnoun

A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

Depressionnoun

Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

Depressionnoun

Dejection; despondency; lowness.

Depressionnoun

Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

Depressionnoun

The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

Depressionnoun

The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.

Depressionnoun

A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.

Depressionnoun

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Depressionnoun

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

Depressionnoun

a sunken or depressed geological formation

Depressionnoun

sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

Depressionnoun

a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

Depressionnoun

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

Depressionnoun

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

Depressionnoun

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

Depressionnoun

angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

Depressionnoun

pushing down;

Oppressionnoun

The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

Oppressionnoun

The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.

Oppressionnoun

A feeling of being oppressed.

Oppressionnoun

The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

Oppressionnoun

That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.

Oppressionnoun

A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.

Oppressionnoun

Ravishment; rape.

Oppressionnoun

the act of subjugating by cruelty;

Oppressionnoun

the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:

Oppressionnoun

a feeling of being oppressed

Oppression

Oppression is malicious or unjust treatment or exercise of power, often under the guise of governmental authority or cultural opprobrium. Oppression may be overt or covert, depending on how it is practiced.