sufferation

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/ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

Suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.

“In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.”

OriginJamaican Creole sofarieshan →
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Meanings

nounsufferation (plural sufferations)

plural sufferations

  1. JamaicaRastafarinonstandardSuffering, especially due to poverty or repression.

    In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.

    1 more example

    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

Origin

  1. Jamaican Creolesofarieshan
  2. Jamaican Creolesofarieshan
  3. Englishsufferation

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole sofarieshan.

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APA

sufferation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sufferation

MLA

“sufferation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sufferation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sufferation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sufferation.

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