Synonyms for repression
rɪˈprɛʃ ənre·pres·sion

Princeton's WordNet

1. repressionnoun

   a state of forcible subjugation

   "the long repression of Christian sects"

2. repressionnoun

   (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

3. repressionnoun

   the act of repressing; control by holding down

   "his goal was the repression of insolence"

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Psychiatry
   • Subjugation

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1. repressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   suppression

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1. repressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   suppression, restraint, quelling, check

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1. List of paraphrases for "repression":

   suppression, oppression, repressive, crackdown, punishment, suppressing, répression, suppress, persecution, clampdown

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1. Krzysztof Suchowierski:

   We cycled 76 days in winter through severely cold Yakutia to commemorate the victims of Soviet repression.

2. Barbara Woodward:

   The evidence points to a program of repression of specific ethnic groups, expressions of religion have been criminalized and Uyghur language and culture are discriminated against systematically and at scale.

3. Belarus Julie Fisher:

   It was a very different world, and there is room for us to do an awful lot with a new executive order. That is an effort that is underway, our goal remains that we are at, we're focused on promoting accountability for those individuals and entities who are responsible for, or are complicit in the regime's violent repression of civil society and for those human rights abuses. So we will continue to bring new authorities and new tools of pressure to bear.

4. Elizardo Sanchez:

   A similar number have been threatened or warned. It's preventive police repression.

5. Nataliya Bugayova:

   The repression security services are used to comfortable living and need to be economically supported, i think this is the first time where that might be called into question, because of the effects of sanctions, [they] might make it challenging for Putin to feed his whole repression regime.