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repression

/ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/noun3 syllables

Repression means: a state of forcible subjugation.

What does repression mean?3

noun

1

a state of forcible subjugation“the long repression of Christian sects”

2

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

3

the act of repressing; control by holding down“his goal was the repression of insolence”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with repression?21

two syllables

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Repression in a sentence

  • The fierce repression left the country in shock.Amastan
  • Citizens lived in constant fear of denunciation and repression.samir_t
  • These events unleashed a brutal repression in Egypt.Amastan
  • From this point we go on to an even more detailed examination of the concept of repression.papabear
  • The seed of revolution is repression.DarkLinkXXXX
  • Some of them were and are in constant danger due to political repression and persecution.neron
  • Morocco is trying to defeat Western Sahara's push for independence with repression.Amastan
  • Repression for the attainment of economic ends is a necessary weapon of the socialist dictatorship.rul

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Forms of repression

as a noun

plural
repressions