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Kim Jeong Uk
What's the difference between these three terms?
repress
oppress
suppress
I don't have any idea how different those three are.
Could anybody explain it to me?
Jul 16, 2015 11:50 AM
Answers · 8
These are not definitions but I hope this makes sense.
A repressed memory is a memory you try to forget and eventually do. It may be suppressed due to traumatic events in your life.
The holocaust was the oppression of Jewish people. The Germans were the oppressors who oppressed the Jewish people.
Suppressed sometimes refer to emotions and actions. So you would suppress yourself from laughing at someone falling in public.
July 17, 2015
re·press
Verb
restrain, prevent, or inhibit (the expression or development of something).
Example: "Isabel couldn't repress a sharp cry of fear"
op·press
Verb
cause (someone) to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable.
Example: "he was oppressed by some secret worry"
sup·press
Verb
forcibly put an end to..
Example: "the uprising was savagely suppressed"
July 16, 2015
op·press
əˈpres/
verb
verb: oppress; 3rd person present: oppresses; past tense: oppressed; past participle: oppressed; gerund or present participle: oppressing
keep (someone) in subservience and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
repress
1.
v
conceal or hide
2.
v
put down by force or intimidation
suppress
1
v
to put down by force or authority
July 16, 2015
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Kim Jeong Uk
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