as in restraint
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
psychologists talking about the repression of anger and how it affects one's health
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Recent Examples of repression
The women in particular embodied the town’s twin spirits of repression and desire, and none more than pot-stirring teenager Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn).
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Ananda Pellerin, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Besigye's case is part of a broader trend of transnational repression in East Africa, where opposition figures have faced abductions and deportations.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Sometimes, repression has the effect of illuminating and making palpable the thing itself.
—Jamie Kalven, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
These are people seeking safety, fleeing a humanitarian crisis and serious political repression.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
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It was struck down by the courts, which said such rules were an unfair restraint on the ability of athletes to capitalize on their NIL rights.—
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But when taken together, the quotes suggest a belief there are few practical or legal restraints on a president.—
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Her 37 wins in other disciplines would tie with Austrian great Marlies Schild not much further down the list.—
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Of her 100 wins, 63 have come from slalom events, while 37 have stemmed from non-slalom disciplines.—
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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.—
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Goal suppression is robbing the captain of offence, and the Oilers need to address it.—
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This could be a time to release these inhibitions and accept new journeys rather than being stuck in old patterns.—
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Lammy shed his inhibitions—and found a national platform, in the media—while his future in the Party clouded over.—
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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