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 human-rights groups are also tallying Iran’s civilian war dead—about 1,700, according to HRANA, 250 of them children—and tracking a campaign of domestic repression and intimidation that has escalated since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28.
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Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Many who live in our community today fled political repression, gang threats and worse.
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Nancy Rudner,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
At all stages of history, Habermas shows, humanity has been trying to work out codes for the common good, and these surface even in times of dogmatic repression.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
At other sites in the region, people told us they were forced off the land, or subject to violent repression.
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Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Many who live in our community today fled political repression, gang threats and worse.
—
Nancy Rudner,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
At all stages of history, Habermas shows, humanity has been trying to work out codes for the common good, and these surface even in times of dogmatic repression.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
At other sites in the region, people told us they were forced off the land, or subject to violent repression.
—
Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
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Cornelius Houston will face charges of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit other felony and unlawful restraint, according to Fort Worth jail records.
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Martin's family believes that the long paramedic response time, as well as restraint asphyxia caused by Oakland police officers, caused Martin's death.
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The conversation was no longer focused on accessibility as a discipline.
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These are professionals who have spent years working alongside some of the best filmmakers in the world and who bring an extraordinary level of expertise, discipline and problem solving to every production.
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Court records show the realty group must maintain the fire suppression system for the entire mall complex until further order of the court.
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Fire officials said visible smoke may increase at times as crews continue suppression efforts, though there is no additional hazard beyond the smoke itself.
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The little people are being menaced by a dark force—a force with power, money, and very few moral inhibitions.
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Shrug off inhibitions and break the ice as the moon and Uranus harmonize.
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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