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
Due to its size and the scale/quality of its repression, China stands out here.
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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
That task had required demolition and repression, imitation and invention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Financial repression also comes with the idea that the government could encourage banks into holding its debt at lower interest than the rates set by the market—a further inflationary pressure.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Large portraits of Poczobut had appeared regularly at the Poland-Belarus border, a reminder of the large-scale political repression in Minsk and of tensions on the EU and NATO frontier.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
That task had required demolition and repression, imitation and invention.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Financial repression also comes with the idea that the government could encourage banks into holding its debt at lower interest than the rates set by the market—a further inflationary pressure.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Large portraits of Poczobut had appeared regularly at the Poland-Belarus border, a reminder of the large-scale political repression in Minsk and of tensions on the EU and NATO frontier.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
Noun
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Told with exacting restraint yet as layered as the lacquer on an ebony Biedermeier console, this forms a loose triptych with Pawlikowski’s last two features, Ida and Cold War, both of which were set at least partly behind the Iron Curtain.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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For the Dior cruise show in Los Angeles, Peter Philips treated glow with the restraint of good lighting.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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What begins as inspiration could become something tangible when desire and discipline move together.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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Tang positioned One/Size’s commercial advantage as one of category discipline rather than breadth.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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Firefighters transitioned to defensive mode and used a remote-suppression robot to enter the building, LAFD spokesperson Jennifer Middleton said.—
Kayla Bartkowski,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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When fire alarm or suppression systems are out of service, businesses are often required to put fire watch guards in place quickly to meet safety rules, satisfy insurers and remain compliant with local fire code requirements.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Beyondthe security gates and ID checkpoints, inhibitions loosen and time flows differently.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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This shift from inhibition to activation requires a fundamentally different toolkit — and a different kind of researcher.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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