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" (183 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
delaydenialdespotismdetachmentdetainmentdetentiondeterringdisallowancediscreetnessdiscretiondistancedominationeighteenth amendmentembargoexclusionexpressionlessnessextinctionextinguishmentfixationfoot dragging
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foot-draggingforbiddanceforbidden fruitforbiddingfrigidityfrostinessfrustratingfrustrationguardednesshamperinghinderinghindranceholdbackholdingholding inholduphush-upicinessimpassivenessimpassivityimpedimentimpersonalityinaccessibilityindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitoruminhibitioninjunctioninterdictinterdictioninterdictuminterferenceinterruptionintroversioniron curtain
Related words (91)
ironbound securitykeepinglawletlimitationlocking inmaintenancemental blockmodestynegativismno nono-nonuisance valueoath of secrecyobstructionobstructionismocclusionofficial secrecyoppositionoppression
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pallpreclusionprehensionpreservationpreventionprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscriptionpsychological blockputting downquashingquellingquenchingrefusalrejectionremotenessreservereservednessresistancerestraintrestrictionrestrictive covenantsretainmentretardationretardmentretentionretentivenessretentivityreticencereticencyretirementruling outseal of secrecysecuritysetbacksmashingsmotheringsquashingsqueezesquelchingstandoffishnessstatutestiflingstrangleholdstranglingstricturesubdualsubduednesssubjugationsublimationsuffocatingsumptuary lawssuppressionsymbolizationtabootenacitythrottlingunaffabilityunapproachabilityuncongenialityundemonstrativenessunexpansivenessveilveil of secrecyvolstead actwithdrawalwithdrawnnesswrapszoningzoning laws
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2 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 47 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- قَمْع noun (act of repressing)
- كَبْت noun (act of repressing)
Armenian
1 entries- ռեպրեսիա noun (act of repressing)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- cəza noun (act of repressing)
- repressiya noun (act of repressing)
Belarusian
3 entries- падаўле́нне noun (act of repressing)
- рэпрэ́сія noun (act of repressing)
- уці́ск noun (act of repressing)
Bengali
1 entries- দমন noun (act of repressing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- поти́скане noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
- репре́сия noun (act of repressing)
- спода́вяне noun (act of repressing)
Catalan
2 entries- repressió noun (act of repressing)
- repressió noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 壓抑 /压抑 noun (act of repressing)
- 彈壓 /弹压 noun (act of repressing)
- 鎮壓 /镇压 noun (act of repressing)
Czech
2 entries- represe noun (act of repressing)
- útisk noun (act of repressing)
Dutch
3 entries- onderdrukking noun (act of repressing)
- repressie noun (act of repressing)
- verdringing noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
Estonian
1 entries- repressioon noun (act of repressing)
Finnish
4 entries- alustus noun (act of repressing)
- pidättäminen noun (act of repressing)
- repressio noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
- sorto noun (act of repressing)
French
1 entries- répression noun (act of repressing)
Galician
1 entries- represión noun (act of repressing)
Georgian
3 entries- რეპრესია noun (act of repressing)
- შევიწროება noun (act of repressing)
- შეკავება noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
German
3 entries- Repression noun (act of repressing)
- Unterdrückung noun (act of repressing)
- Verdrängung noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
Greek
1 entries- καταστολή noun (act of repressing)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַדחָקָה noun (act of repressing)
Hindi
2 entries- दबाव noun (act of repressing)
- दमन noun (act of repressing)
Hungarian
3 entries- elfojtás noun (act of repressing)
- elfojtás noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
- elnyomás noun (act of repressing)
Indonesian
1 entries- represi noun (act of repressing)
Italian
1 entries- repressione noun (act of repressing)
Japanese
3 entries- 弾圧 noun (act of repressing)
- 抑圧 noun (act of repressing)
- 鎮圧 noun (act of repressing)
Kazakh
3 entries- жаза noun (act of repressing)
- репрессия noun (act of repressing)
- сүргін noun (act of repressing)
Korean
3 entries- 억압 noun (act of repressing)
- 진압 noun (act of repressing)
- 탄압 noun (act of repressing)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жазалоо noun (act of repressing)
- репрессия noun (act of repressing)
Latvian
1 entries- represija noun (act of repressing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- represija noun (act of repressing)
Macedonian
1 entries- репресија noun (act of repressing)
Persian
1 entries- سرکوب noun (act of repressing)
Polish
2 entries- represja noun (act of repressing)
- represja noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
Portuguese
1 entries- repressão noun (act of repressing)
Romanian
1 entries- represiune noun (act of repressing)
Russian
3 entries- подавле́ние noun (act of repressing)
- подавле́ние noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
- репре́ссия noun (act of repressing)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ceannsachadh noun (act of repressing)
- mùchadh noun (act of repressing)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- reprèsija noun (act of repressing)
- репрѐсија noun (act of repressing)
Slovak
1 entries- represia noun (act of repressing)
Slovene
1 entries- represija noun (act of repressing)
Spanish
2 entries- represión noun (act of repressing)
- represión noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
Swedish
4 entries- förtryck noun (act of repressing)
- förträngning noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
- repression noun (act of repressing)
- repression noun (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷазо noun (act of repressing)
Turkish
1 entries- baskı noun (act of repressing)
Turkmen
1 entries- repressiýa noun (act of repressing)
Ukrainian
2 entries- приду́шення noun (act of repressing)
- репре́сія noun (act of repressing)
Uyghur
1 entries- باستۇرۇش noun (act of repressing)
Uzbek
2 entries- jazo noun (act of repressing)
- repressiya noun (act of repressing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đàn áp noun (act of repressing)
Sample 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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