What is another word for repression?
391 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪpɹˈɛʃən], [ ɹɪpɹˈɛʃən], [ ɹ_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for repression:- act (noun)
- complex (noun)
- confinement (noun)
- constraint (noun)
- defense mechanism (noun)
- domination (noun)
- forgetfulness (noun)
- opposition (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- reserve (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- self-control (noun)
- uncommunicativeness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Repression:
n.
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- win,
- controlled,
- unemotional,
- neutral,
- emotionless,
- restrained,
- undemonstrative,
- impassive,
- blank,
- passive,
- unresponsive,
- continue.
- constrainments,
- de limitation,
- de limitations,
- de-limitations,
- de-limitation,
- immurations,
- boundings.
- pre-potences,
- pre potence,
- sub ordination,
- pre-potencies,
- sub ordinations,
- pre potency,
- pre potences,
- sub-ordination,
- pre-potence,
- pre-potency,
- prepotences,
- sub-ordinations,
- pre potencies.
- dreaminess,
- laxness,
- absentmindedness,
- fugue,
- short memory,
- loss of memory,
- paramnesia,
- blockout,
- lapse of memory,
- fugues,
- hypomnesia.
- defiance,
- friction,
- opposition,
- impediment,
- counterattack,
- hindrance,
- fight,
- conflict,
- rebuff,
- resistance,
- repulsion,
- counteraction,
- protest,
- challenge,
- adversary,
- confrontation,
- obstinacy,
- obstruction,
- objection,
- interference,
- dispute,
- antagonism,
- contradiction,
- disagreement.
- constraint,
- internment,
- constrainment,
- uncommunicativeness,
- complex,
- taciturnity,
- forgetfulness,
- reserve,
- impulsion,
- violence,
- a must,
- no-no's,
- prepotence,
- timidity,
- confinement,
- inhibition,
- impulsions,
- self-control,
- domination,
- no-no,
- shyness,
- internments,
- delimitation,
- delimitations,
- clampdown,
- defense mechanism,
- no-nos,
- immuration.
Other synonyms:
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- limitation,
- crackdown.
- abuse,
- Squashing,
- prohibition,
- anguish,
- discreetness,
- unapproachability,
- interdiction,
- coldness,
- moderation,
- tenacity,
- veil of secrecy,
- Prohibiting,
- cutting off,
- blockade,
- controlling,
- nuisance value,
- frustration,
- Retainment,
- Ceasing,
- obstructionism,
- interruption,
- resignation,
- passion,
- impassiveness,
- introversion,
- security,
- constriction,
- halt,
- censoring,
- smothering,
- forbearance,
- Interdicting,
- holding,
- enslavement,
- endurance,
- inaccessibility,
- Suppressing,
- forbiddance,
- backwardness,
- cessation,
- distance,
- despotism,
- iciness,
- closure,
- blockage,
- totalitarianism,
- pain,
- bottling up,
- halting,
- index,
- setback,
- Arrestment,
- putting down,
- uncongeniality,
- blankness,
- holdup,
- withdrawal,
- coolness,
- continence,
- subjugation,
- suffocating,
- fixation,
- hiding,
- Restraining,
- Muting,
- iron curtain,
- preclusion,
- forbidding,
- keeping,
- stop,
- blocking,
- censorship,
- law,
- longanimity,
- put-down,
- standoffishness,
- self-restraint,
- Retardment,
- quenching,
- Quieting,
- discipline,
- retention,
- frostiness,
- subordination,
- restriction,
- choking,
- cut-off,
- curb,
- Supportance,
- tyranny,
- concealment,
- interdict,
- preservation,
- holding in,
- sensationalism,
- throttling,
- feeling,
- stranglehold,
- reservedness,
- negativism,
- PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION,
- subduedness,
- ending,
- impassivity,
- proscription,
- thrill,
- surcease,
- locking in,
- occlusion,
- maintenance,
- Squelching,
- refusal,
- damper,
- injury,
- detachment,
- concealing,
- Checking,
- Enthralment,
- squeeze,
- stopping,
- withdrawnness,
- mental block,
- conversion,
- autocracy,
- undemonstrativeness,
- fortitude,
- ban,
- taboo,
- retirement,
- arrest,
- retardation,
- frigidity,
- hardship,
- termination,
- subjection,
- remoteness,
- self-command,
- Quashing,
- corking up,
- injustice,
- stifling,
- Discontinuing,
- hindering,
- Subduing,
- maltreatment,
- discretion,
- extinguishing,
- psychological block,
- seal of secrecy,
- Muffling,
- Reticency,
- Clogging,
- contraband,
- absolutism,
- deter,
- discontinuation,
- Detainment,
- end,
- chilliness,
- crack down,
- Silencing,
- monocracy,
- denial,
- torture,
- check,
- bamboo curtain,
- tabu,
- repressing,
- torment,
- persecution,
- curtain,
- coercion,
- autarchy,
- Index Expurgatorius,
- foot-dragging,
- prehension,
- bridle,
- repressions,
- wraps,
- compulsion,
- sumptuary laws,
- cracking down on,
- delay,
- anger,
- Refrainment,
- frustrating,
- hush up,
- modesty,
- sufferance,
- blackout,
- smashing,
- Precluding,
- Holdback,
- ruling out,
- Preventing,
- Impersonality,
- Hampering,
- dictatorship,
- Cohibition,
- prevention,
- Terminating,
- elimination,
- stricture,
- aloofness,
- limit,
- casus belli,
- forbidden fruit,
- block,
- closing up,
- cramp,
- pall,
- force,
- detention,
- extinction,
- bashfulness,
- quelling,
- let,
- withholding,
- crushing,
- Obstructing,
- yellow journalism,
- withhold,
- exclusion,
- strangling,
- injunction,
- retentivity,
- Arrestation,
- zoning,
- statute,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- Deterring,
- submission,
- Disallowance,
- repress,
- rejection,
- veil,
- retentiveness,
- reticence,
- irritation,
- Subdual,
- embargo,
- guardedness,
- barrier of secrecy,
- Extinguishment.
Paraphrases for Repression:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
subjugation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
coercion, retaliation, criminalization, retribution, criminalisation, law-enforcement, harassment, deterrence, proscription, suffocation, eradication.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
suppression, crackdown.
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Noun, singular or mass
oppression, persecution, suppression, clampdown, tyranny, penalization, pressure, crackdown, aggression, brutality, reprisal, trampling.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Repression:
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n.
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stopping
allowance, permission, help, assistance, liberation, aid.
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Other antonyms:
candor, gratification, bluntness, frankness, unrestrainedness, Immoderacy, incontinence, overindulgence, self-indulgence, indulgence, intemperance.
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stopping
Homophones for Repression:
Hyponym for Repression:
n.
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act
control.
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state
subjugation, subjection.
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act