downpression
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of down + oppression; see downpressor.
Noun edit
downpression (usually uncountable, plural downpressions)
- (Rastafari) oppression
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 156:
- Rastaman don’t deal with negativity so oppression is now downpression even though there is no up in the word.