REPRESSIONS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

repression

noun

ri-ˈpre-shən

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 country, which is largely run by its military, is wrestling with political and economic instability, marked by increasing government repression, terrorism, domestic insurgencies, and huge debts. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 3 June 2026 With the country engulfed in flames, the conservative government maintained itself through repression and authoritarianism. —

Roberto Andrés, The Dial, 28 May 2026 Decades of repression The selectivity of who is grieved helps clarify the particularly strong public reaction now. —

Patrick Peralta, The Conversation, 28 May 2026 Both real and manufactured threats have provided the alibi for security spending, securitization, and repression. —

Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for repression

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No official casualty figures were immediately available from the violence that prompted calls for restraint from the United Nations and the United States as the government and opposition traded blame for the violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
However, the negotiations have allowed Trump to say that relations with China are in good shape and that both countries have exercised restraint.

— Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026