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   repression

   /rɪˈprɛʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of subduing someone or something by force: "students sparked off events that ended in brutal repression" Similar suppressionquellingquashingsubduingcrushingsquashingstamping outinformal:squelchingoppressionsubjugationsuppressiondominationtyrannysubjectiondespotismdictatorshipauthoritarianismcensorshipOpposite freedomliberty
   • ▪ the restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.: "the repression of anger can be positively harmful" Similar restraintrestrainingholding backkeeping backbiting backsuppressionkeeping in checkcontrolkeeping under controlstiflingsmotheringbottling upinhibitionfrustrationOpposite expression
   • ▪ the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious: "children and adults pay a heavy price for their deep repression of thoughts about death"

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