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sufferation

Syllables: su·ffe·ra·tion/ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/

sufferation noun: suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.

Noun

sufferation (plural sufferations)

  1. (Jamaica, Rastafari, nonstandard) Suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.
    • In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.
    • Lockdown remind you that what make you brothers is not blood but sufferation.2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 332

Forms of sufferation

pluralsufferations

Origin of sufferation

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole sofarieshan.

Questions about sufferation

What does sufferation mean?
Sufferation means suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.
What part of speech is sufferation?
Sufferation is a noun.
How do you pronounce sufferation?
Sufferation is pronounced /ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/.
What is the plural of sufferation?
The plural of sufferation is sufferations.

Words near sufferation in the dictionary

  1. sufferably
  2. sufferage
  3. sufferages
  4. sufferance
  5. sufferances
  6. sufferation
  7. sufferations
  8. sufferaunce
  9. sufferaunces
  10. suffered
  11. suffered fools gladly

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