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
This victory is an unexpected and powerful blow to the machinery of repression in the Islamic Republic.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 May 2025
Both movements emerged from similar circumstances and serve as reactions to censorship, repression, and the ideological constraints of the Islamic Republic.
—Ali Farahmand, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
These norms constrain separatists and deter governmental repression.
—Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
As a young man, Mujica had joined a Marxist urban guerrilla group known as the Tupamaros, whose campaigns were met with vicious repression by Uruguay’s military dictatorship.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 May 2025
Both movements emerged from similar circumstances and serve as reactions to censorship, repression, and the ideological constraints of the Islamic Republic.
—Ali Farahmand, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
These norms constrain separatists and deter governmental repression.
—Ryan D. Griffiths, Foreign Affairs, 20 May 2025
As a young man, Mujica had joined a Marxist urban guerrilla group known as the Tupamaros, whose campaigns were met with vicious repression by Uruguay’s military dictatorship.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
Noun
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Still, progressive proponents of the ERA demanded that some legal loophole must exist to circumvent those restraints.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Intense hostility all around means that for now, neither Russia nor China is even willing to sit down to discuss nuclear restraints, in treaty form or otherwise.—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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As the oldest form of art, storytelling has existed since the very beginning of time across culture, and at the crux of many creative disciplines.—
Nia Shumake,
Essence,
12 June 2025
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Finally, the two teachers are accused of assault, battery and negligent discipline, according to the lawsuit.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2025
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The pattern has left Iranians wary that any sign of instability is met with brutal suppression.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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The fire suppression efforts involved four engines and two hand crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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Practices like meditation or simply taking a moment to pause before switching tasks, help strengthen networks connected to the prefrontal cortex—the region that is notably involved in planning, inhibition and sustained attention.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 May 2025
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This allows hurricanes to form and sustain longer without inhibition or limiting.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 May 2025
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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