different between subjugation vs oppression

English

Etymology

From New Latin subiugatio, from Latin subiugare (“to subiugate”); see subjugate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?bd????e???n/?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?bd????e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: sub?ju?ga?tion

Noun

subjugation (countable and uncountable, plural subjugations)

1. The act of subjugating.
2. The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.

Synonyms

• conquest

Related terms

• subjugate

Translations

Further reading

• subjugation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• subjugation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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)

1. 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 […]

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

3. 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)

1. oppression
2. (Louisiana) asthma

Further reading

• “oppression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).