repressiveness

transitive verb

1. to keep down or hold back; restrain: to repress a sigh
2. to put down; subdue
3. to control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of: to repress a child
4. Psychiatry
   1. to force (ideas, impulses, etc. painful to the conscious mind) into the unconscious
   2. to prevent (unconscious ideas, impulses, etc.) from reaching the level of consciousness

Origin: ME repressen < L repressus, pp. of reprimere: see re- & press