Synonyms for répression
rɪˈprɛʃ ənrépres·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. Haydee Gallardo:

   I don’t think the repression will stop considering that they continue to keep watch over us, i’m afraid the repression will result in him getting locked up again.

2. 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.

3. Maryam Rajavi:

   Khamenei took steps to consolidate the regime and maximize repression by purging presidential candidates who had participated in all of the regime’s crimes over the past 40 years. This is a clear sign of the regime’s crisis of overthrow and the final phase of the religious, terrorist dictatorship.

4. 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.

5. Krzysztof Suchowierski:

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