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
Understood this way, dreams are perfect for registering nascent authoritarianism and the ways its repressions actually unfold: not as a single announcement or explosive act but as a steady, growing rumble while the ground beneath your feet begins to shift.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
Throughout the show, Kelvin has been so repressed, and that repression has manifested in incredible ways, like the God Squad and the Smut Busters.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
There were militarized zones that reasserted a semblance of order through repression as well as cults of personality organized around a leader’s ability to provide a sense of purpose.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
The Kremlin will continue to embrace Chinese technology (including tools of digital repression), maintain its reliance on China’s markets and financial system, and deepen its security ties with Beijing, even if that puts it on a collision course with Washington.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
Throughout the show, Kelvin has been so repressed, and that repression has manifested in incredible ways, like the God Squad and the Smut Busters.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
There were militarized zones that reasserted a semblance of order through repression as well as cults of personality organized around a leader’s ability to provide a sense of purpose.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
The Kremlin will continue to embrace Chinese technology (including tools of digital repression), maintain its reliance on China’s markets and financial system, and deepen its security ties with Beijing, even if that puts it on a collision course with Washington.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
Noun
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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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Director Maja Novakovic strikes a balance between restraint and gentle nudging, allowing the story to breathe while occasionally adding subtle touches to coax it forward.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
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
Noun
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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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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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His research team, in partnership with associate professor Sakiko Okumoto at Texas A&M University, hopes to study plant mechanisms in sorghum and capitalize on its innate ability to inhibit nitrogen loss, a process known as biological nitrification inhibition (BNI).—
Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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