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. Supreme Electoral Council:

   Those targeted are responsible for serious human rights violations, including repression of civil society, supporting the fraudulent presidential and parliamentary elections and undermining democracy and the rule of law.

2. President Biden on Monday:

   We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime, the Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights.

3. Maria Werlau:

   If Amazon is removing the Confederate flag from its offerings, the logical and principled decision is to stop selling any promotional material, including T-shirts, of Che Guevara or any mass killer, it is very painful particularly to the loved ones of Guevara's victims as well as offensive to the Cuban people who continue to suffer repression and abhorrent human rights' abuses by the system Che Guevara helped create and direct.

4. Amnesty International:

   The strategy for repression appears to have been directed from the highest levels of government, president Daniel Ortega and Vice-President Rosario Murillo repeatedly demonized demonstrators and denied they were being killed.

5. State John Sullivan:

   We invite others to join the international effort to demand and compel an immediate end to China's horrific campaign of repression, history will judge the international community for how we respond to this attack on human rights and fundamental freedoms.