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downpression

noun

Etymology

Blend of down + oppression; see downpressor.

  1. derived from oppressiō
  2. derived from oppression
  3. inherited from oppression
  4. compounded as downpression — “down + oppression”

Definitions

  1. oppression

    • The downpression of native people is linked to the subjugation and exploitation of the Earth.
    • Rastaman don’t deal with negativity so oppression is now downpression even though there is no up in the word.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downpression. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA