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repression Definition

re·pres·sion (ri pres̸hən)

noun

  1. a repressing or being repressed
  2. Psychiatry
    1. the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed
    2. something repressed in this way

Etymology: ME repressioun < ML repressio

repression Synonyms

repression

n.

constraint, control, suppression; see oppression 1, restraint 1, 2.

repression Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • dissent: Cuba's Criminal Code provides the legal basis for repression of dissent.
  • protest: This previously secret transcript shows the party elites choosing against violent repression of the mass protests in Wenceslas Square.
  • freedom: Those gathered sent a clear message of increasing opposition to the harsh repression of religious freedom.
  • movement: The repression of the revolutionary movement of October 1934 then became a dress rehearsal for the horrors of the civil war.
  • expression: They will have proven it possible to flourish through the active repression of free expression.
  • population: The savage repression of local populations usually did enough to put people off of joining any local resistance force.

Converse of object

  • intensify: Regrettably, India is stubbornly pursuing a military solution to Kashmir and has intensified repression, encouraged by an apparent international complacency.
  • unleash: Still, the EPR's appearance has given the government an excuse to unleash tremendous repression.
  • flee: But the arrival in Wales of 100s of families and individuals fleeing repression and torture is recent ' .
  • condemn: Over 8000 people gathered in the heart of Amsterdam to take part a Tibetan freedom concert condemning repression in Tibet and the death penalty.
  • justify: The Chinese authorities now call the separatists in the western province of Xinjiang " terrorists " to justify repression and shutting down publications.
  • suffer: Only a year and a half after the violent repression suffered in Genoa, the movement has responded in the most spectacular fashion.

Adjective modifier

  • transcriptional: In addition to the complexes referred to above, the MBD proteins might associate with several other complexes involved in transcriptional repression.
  • brutal: This is why brutal repression may not be enough to contain the movement.
  • Stalinist: Helped lead the Hungarian uprising of 1956 against Stalinist repression.
  • savage: The savage repression of local populations usually did enough to put people off of joining any local resistance force.
  • ferocious: Instead, the governor, Edward Eyre, responded with the most ferocious repression.
  • violent: Peace is not the silent result of violent repression.

Noun used with modifier

  • police: We assess the number of people currently or lately under police repression to be about 80.
  • state: State repression was used against people who failed to conform.
repression Quotes

   The worship of God is not a rule of safetyöit is an adventure of thespirit, a flight after theunattainable.The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.

—Whitehead, Alfred North