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Repression

Synonyms for "repression" (183 found)

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Informal (12)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(3 words)

squeeze curb blackout

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(5 words)

conversion retardation maintenance coolness no-no

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (171)

Noun, verb(26 words)

control arrest blockade distance curtain let veil interference closure keeping choking interdict holdback blocking strangling stranglehold reticence zoning hampering clogging

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throttling smothering quenching wraps quashing squelching

Name, noun, verb(7 words)

index reserve delay ban pall holding embargo

Noun(98 words)

withdrawal detachment resistance opposition restraint denial security suppression retirement rejection discretion tenacity interruption constraint coldness obstruction domination exclusion stricture refusal

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limitation setback extinction fixation hindrance oppression prevention impediment occlusion restriction inhibition modesty injunction holdup negativism blockage introversion retention frustration foot-dragging statute proscription constriction preservation forbidden fruit subjugation defense mechanism sublimation arrestation censorship subdual aloofness frigidity prehension remoteness backwardness disallowance chilliness despotism extinguishment retardment iciness preclusion frostiness impassivity arrestment guardedness withdrawnness discreetness bashfulness impassiveness detainment interdiction obstructionism forbiddance uncongeniality symbolization blankness impersonality subduedness mental block retentivity inaccessibility retentiveness standoffishness restrictive covenants sumptuary laws interdictum crackdown expressionlessness unapproachability reservedness retainment unaffability reticency undemonstrativeness unexpansiveness hush-up

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(8 words)

taboo forbidding contraband crushing stifling suffocating quelling squashing

foot dragging nuisance value Prohibition Party prohibitory injunction psychological block Eighteenth Amendment Volstead Act index expurgatorius index librorum prohibitorum zoning laws barrier of secrecy ironbound security oath of secrecy official secrecy seal of secrecy veil of secrecy

Name, noun(3 words)

detention prohibition iron curtain

Proper Noun(1 words)

Adj, verb(2 words)

hindering frustrating

Intj, noun(1 words)

Verb(8 words)

closing up deterring ruling out putting down locking in bottling up holding in corking up

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