Oppression vs. Subjugation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Oppression and Subjugation
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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.
Subjugation
To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer.
Oppression
The action of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power
A system of oppression.
Subjugation
To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else
"The urgency of the mating season is subjugated, for the moment, to the demands of self-preservation" (David M. Carroll).
Oppression
The state of being oppressed
Caught in the oppression of poverty.
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Subjugation
The act of subjugating.
Oppression
A feeling of being weighed down in mind or body
"Every time I entered my house, an oppression settled on me so heavy that I had to stand for minutes at a time in the doorway, gathering what strength I could find" (Erin McGraw). "One has ... to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
Subjugation
The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
Oppression
The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
Subjugation
The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.
Oppression
The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato.
Subjugation
Forced submission to control by others
Oppression
A feeling of being oppressed.
Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.
Subjugation
The act of subjugating by cruelty;
The tyrant's oppression of the people
Oppression
The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
Subjugation
The act of conquering
Oppression
That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
Oppression
A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
There gentle SleepFirst found me, and with soft oppression seizedMy drowsed sense.
Oppression
Ravishment; rape.
Oppression
The act of subjugating by cruelty;
The tyrant's oppression of the people
Oppression
The state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
After years of oppression they finally revolted
Oppression
A feeling of being oppressed
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