sufferation

English

Etymology

suffer +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/
Hyphenation: su‧ffe‧ra‧tion

Noun

sufferation (plural sufferations)

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

References

OED 2006

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