From this point we go on to an even more detailed examination of the concept of repression.
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Repression
Synonyms for "repression" (206 found)
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Closest matches (42)
aloofnessarrestarrestationarrestmentbackwardnessbamboo curtainbanbarrier of secrecybashfulnessblackoutblanknessblockblockadeblockageblockingbottling upcensorshipcheckchillinesschoking
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Strong matches (61)
curtaindefense mechanismdelaydenialdespotismdetachmentdetainmentdetentiondeterringdisallowancediscreetnessdiscretiondistancedominationeighteenth amendmentembargoexclusionexpressionlessnessextinctionextinguishment
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fixationfoot draggingfoot-draggingforbiddanceforbidden fruitforbiddingfrigidityfrostinessfrustratingfrustrationguardednesshamperinghinderinghindranceholdbackholdingholding inholduphush-upicinessimpassivenessimpassivityimpedimentimpersonalityinaccessibilityindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitoruminhibitioninjunctioninterdictinterdictioninterdictuminterferenceinterruptionintroversioniron curtainironbound securitykeeping
Noun(2 words)
Related words (103)
Noun(12 words)
killjoysmuzzlingoppressionpersecutionpsychological defenserefusal to recallrestraintrestrictionstultificationsuppressionsuppression of dissenttyrannizing
lawletlimitationlocking inmaintenancemental blockmodestynegativismno nono-nonuisance valueoath of secrecyobstructionobstructionismocclusionofficial secrecyoppositionpallpreclusionprehension
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preservationpreventionprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscriptionpsychological blockputting downquashingquellingquenchingrefusalrejectionremotenessreservereservednessresistancerestraintrestrictionrestrictive covenantsretainmentretardationretardmentretentionretentivenessretentivityreticencereticencyretirementruling outseal of secrecysecuritysetbacksmashingsmotheringsquashingsqueezesquelchingstandoffishnessstatutestiflingstrangleholdstranglingstricturesubdualsubduednesssubjugationsublimationsuffocatingsumptuary lawssuppressionsymbolizationtabootenacitythrottlingunaffabilityunapproachabilityuncongenialityundemonstrativenessunexpansivenessveilveil of secrecyvolstead actwithdrawalwithdrawnnesswrapszoningzoning laws
Adjective(2 words)
oppressive regimestate coercion
Verb(1 words)
stifle dissent
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriescognitive processcontroldefencedefence mechanismdefence reactiondefensedefense mechanismdefense reactiongovernment actionmental processpsychological processstate powersubjectionsubjugation
More specific
9 entriesarbitrary detentioncensorshipemotional suppressionimpulse controlmemory repressionmemory suppressionselective forgettingsuppression of dissenttraumatic memory repression
Collocations
6 entriescultural repressionemotional repressionmass repressionpolitical repressionrepression of memorystate repression
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism.
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The seed of revolution is repression.
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Some of them were and are in constant danger due to political repression and persecution.
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