as in restraint
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
psychologists talking about the repression of anger and how it affects one's health
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Recent Examples of repression
One repression after the other.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 May 2026
But for many of the former detainees, the new political reality has done little to ease fears, because the security apparatus responsible for years of repression remains largely intact.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
The book examines what Brownback describes as an increasingly sophisticated system of surveillance and repression targeting Christians, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
International criminal court complaints for transnational repression on the territory of member states could potentially also be pursued.
—Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 May 2026
But for many of the former detainees, the new political reality has done little to ease fears, because the security apparatus responsible for years of repression remains largely intact.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
The book examines what Brownback describes as an increasingly sophisticated system of surveillance and repression targeting Christians, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and Falun Gong practitioners.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
International criminal court complaints for transnational repression on the territory of member states could potentially also be pursued.
—Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
Noun
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Told with exacting restraint yet as layered as the lacquer on an ebony Biedermeier console, this forms a loose triptych with Pawlikowski’s last two features, Ida and Cold War, both of which were set at least partly behind the Iron Curtain.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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For the Dior cruise show in Los Angeles, Peter Philips treated glow with the restraint of good lighting.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Since the turn of the century, California’s state budget has been plagued by a boom-and-bust syndrome rooted in its lopsided revenue system and a lack of political discipline.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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The league constitution is a contract between teams, owners and the league that details league authority over teams, including with respect to ownership, relocation, discipline and territorial rights.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 May 2026
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Crandall said the suppression only policy endangers the few firefighters left at the agency.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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Legislators tried to codify the same suppression Anthropic built into the model into statute.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Alcohol relieves social inhibition.—
Jonathan Avery,
STAT,
11 May 2026
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Beyondthe security gates and ID checkpoints, inhibitions loosen and time flows differently.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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