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Synonyms for repression
rɪˈprɛʃ ənre·pres·sion
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Princeton's WordNet
repressionnoun
a state of forcible subjugation
"the long repression of Christian sects"
repressionnoun
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
repressionnoun
the act of repressing; control by holding down
"his goal was the repression of insolence"
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repressionnoun
Synonyms:
suppression
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
repressionnoun
Synonyms:
suppression, restraint, quelling, check
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "repression":
suppression, oppression, repressive, crackdown, punishment, suppressing, répression, suppress, persecution, clampdown
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Repression
Suppression vs. Repression -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Suppression and Repression.
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#12650 | suppression | |
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#27745 | crackdown | |
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#37847 | repressive | |
#95987 | clampdown |
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Everyone who supports religious freedom should stand with Wang Yi and speak out against the Chinese government's repression of religion.
The current situation is simply that there is a severe case of repression against human rights activists and peaceful political activism, we do not oppose the government and do not want its downfall, but we are calling for civil and political rights, a constitutional monarchy, an elected parliament and an independent, just judiciary.
Since the death instinct exists in the heart of everything that lives, since we suffer from trying to repress it, since everything that lives longs for rest, let us unfasten the ties that bind us to life, let us cultivate our death wish, let us develop it, water it like a plant, let it grow unhindered. Suffering and fear are born from the repression of the death wish.
Since at least March 2017, local authorities dramatically escalated their decades-long campaign of repression against Uyghur Muslims and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups, including ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic Kyrgyz.
I'd always thought I was a romantic and that when I fall in love, that stuff fades away. It does for some years — enough to be like,' I should get married, and I'll be different,' but it's part of me. If that's part of your being and it feels important to you, find a way to explore it, because repression sucks.
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