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Old 07-Sep-2009, 03:36
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Default "Oppression vs repression"

"Oppression vs repression"

oppress

unfair and cruel treatment by a powerful person or government

Definition of oppression, Macmillan Online Dictionary: Free British English Dictionary and Thesaurus

repress

to put down (again) by force before control has been lost, as with a rebellion

repress - Definition of repress - online dictionary powered by PowerVocabularyBuilder.com

To press again; to repress the first risings of discontent.

repress - Wiktionary

Oppression is use of repression more than once.

I wish to know if any other member can give a better way of expressing
the difference between the two words.

Last edited by VSPrasad; 08-Sep-2009 at 02:04.
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