repression

Noun

Meaning

The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

That which represses; check; restraint.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

control persecution domination suppression limitation oppression crushing restraint constraint coercion inhibition subjugation stifling tyranny crackdown
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Antonyms

republic liberty support service addition hand
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Hypernyms

control defense defence subjugation subjection defense mechanism

Related terms

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Phrases with the word

transnational repression feedback repression aforementioned repression financial repression

Anagrams

respersion

Examples

The seed of revolution is repression. Woodrow Wilson

Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. Pope Francis

The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. W. E. B. Du Bois

I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto, but it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom. Bobby Sands

If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression. Toni Morrison

Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder. Barack Obama

Close letter words and terms

repressible repressilator repressing repressional repressionary repressionism