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
Hikvision, a Chinese video surveillance company that doesn’t appear on the Pentagon list but has been sanctioned by the Department of Commerce over its involvement in China’s repression of ethnic Uyghurs, also sells its products on Amazon.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2025
Tunisia features as well, despite becoming infamous in recent years for violent and widespread political repression, as well as rampant violence against Black African migrants in particular.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
That leaves ‘financial repression’ - forcing US citizens or their agents (pension funds, insurance companies, banks) to hold US Treasuries.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
But mild questioning of the system in art, books, religion and online still draws police repression.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2025
Tunisia features as well, despite becoming infamous in recent years for violent and widespread political repression, as well as rampant violence against Black African migrants in particular.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
That leaves ‘financial repression’ - forcing US citizens or their agents (pension funds, insurance companies, banks) to hold US Treasuries.
—Kevin Coldiron, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
But mild questioning of the system in art, books, religion and online still draws police repression.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
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Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products.—
David Armstrong,
ProPublica,
9 May 2025
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What Happens Next Escalating tensions between India and Pakistan have prompted calls from the U.S. and world powers urging both sides to exercise restraint and pursue diplomatic de-escalation.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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For most of the season, the Mets have maintained their plate discipline; their 18.6 percent strikeout rate with runners in scoring position ranks as the fifth-best in MLB.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Controversially, the plan also included converting campus libraries into student discipline spaces.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2025
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Where Masculinity Is Reimagined, Vulnerability Becomes Relational Intelligence Contemporary research challenges the outdated notion that masculinity requires emotional suppression.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Detectives with Concord police’s violence suppression unit identified the two brothers as the suspects and tracked them down Tuesday morning with the help of Fairfield police.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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Its inhibition was leveled at the thing, not the name.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Just in time for the full moon in Libra on April 12, Luna will illuminate your 12th house of secrets, inhibitions and unconscious patterns, urging you to let go of patterns that no longer serve you.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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