different between brutality vs oppression
brutality
English
Etymology
brutal +? -ity.
Noun
brutality (plural brutalities)
- The state of being brutal.
- A cruel or savage act.
- The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
Translations
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oppression
English
Etymology
From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressi? (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprim?; see oppress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p????n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: op?pres?sion
Noun
oppression (countable and uncountable, plural oppressions)
- The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
- The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.
- A feeling of being oppressed.
Related terms
- oppress
Translations
Further reading
- oppression in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- oppression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin oppressi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.p??.sj??/
Noun
oppression f (plural oppressions)
- oppression
- (Louisiana) asthma
Further reading
- “oppression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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