Oppression vs. Repression

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.

Repressionnoun

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

Repressionnoun

The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Repressionnoun

The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

Repressionnoun

That which represses; check; restraint.

Repressionnoun

a state of forcible subjugation;

Repressionnoun

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

Repressionnoun

the act of repressing; control by holding down;