repression Synonyms

holding back stifling squelching smothering reticency retardment restraint restraining reserve quelling quashing prohibition prevention pressure persecution subduing subjection subjugation crackdown blockout Nazification fascism clampdown mental block high-handedness authoritarianism totalitarianism tyranny suppression suppress suppressing supportance oppression opposition curb crushing cruelty control constraint compulsion cohibition coercion censorship caesarism backwardness autocracy autarchy amnesia despotism dictatorship