Definition for Repression:

• the act of repressing; control by holding down; " his goal was the repression of insolence"

Synonyms for Repression:

• n.

  •
  • occupy,
  • conquer,
  • subjugate,
  • invade,
  • besiege,
  • storm,
  • suppress,
  • annex,
  • seize,
  • subdue.
  •
  • win,
  • controlled,
  • unemotional,
  • neutral,
  • emotionless,
  • restrained,
  • undemonstrative,
  • impassive,
  • blank,
  • passive,
  • unresponsive,
  • continue.
  •act (noun)
  • repression.
  •complex (noun)
  • hang up,
  • hangup,
  • a thing about something,
  • fixed idea,
  • exaggerated reaction,
  • obsession.
  •confinement (noun)
  • constrainments,
  • de limitation,
  • de limitations,
  • de-limitations,
  • de-limitation,
  • immurations,
  • boundings.
  •constraint (noun)
  • suppression,
  • oppression,
  • control.
  •defense mechanism (noun)
  • defense reaction,
  • symbolization,
  • sublimation,
  • sublimations.
  •domination (noun)
  • 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.
  •forgetfulness (noun)
  • dreaminess,
  • laxness,
  • absentmindedness,
  • fugue,
  • short memory,
  • loss of memory,
  • paramnesia,
  • blockout,
  • lapse of memory,
  • fugues,
  • hypomnesia.
  •reserve (noun)
  • self restraint,
  • re-serve,
  • un-responsiveness,
  • re-serves,
  • re serves,
  • un responsiveness,
  • un-responsivenesses,
  • re serve,
  • selfrestraint,
  • un responsivenesses.
  •restraint (noun)
  • self-discipline,
  • self-government,
  • straitjacket,
  • straitjackets,
  • pinions,
  • withholdings,
  • pinion.
  •self-control (noun)
  • strength of character,
  • selfcontrol,
  • self-constraint.
  •stopping (noun)
  • smothering,
  • quelling,
  • check.
  •uncommunicativeness (noun)
  • un communicativeness,
  • un-communicativeness,
  • un communicativenesses,
  • un-communicativenesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • limitation,
  • crackdown.
  •
  • restraint,
  • pressure.
  •stoppage
  • prevention.
  •tyranny
  • despotism.

Paraphrases for Repression:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    subjugation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    coercion, retaliation, criminalization, retribution, criminalisation, law-enforcement, harassment, deterrence, proscription, suffocation, eradication.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    suppression, crackdown.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    oppression, persecution, suppression, clampdown, tyranny, penalization, pressure, crackdown, aggression, brutality, reprisal, trampling.

Antonyms for Repression:

• n.

  • constraint
    liberty, freedom.
  • stopping
    allowance, permission, help, assistance, liberation, aid.
  • Other antonyms:
    candor, gratification, bluntness, frankness, unrestrainedness, Immoderacy, incontinence, overindulgence, self-indulgence, indulgence, intemperance.

Repression Sentence Examples:

• Germany again experienced, as it had in 1819, that the federal institutions which were to have given it unity existed only for the purposes of repression.

• Catherine, hemmed in on all sides by their courtiers, received, not only day by day but from hour to hour, terrible blows to her pride and her self - love; for the Guises were determined to treat her on the same system of repression which the late king, her husband, had so long pursued.

Homophones for Repression:

• refreshen, river gum, reversion, repercussion, River Cam.

Hyponym for Repression:

• n.

  • act
    control.
  • process
    Defence Mechanism, defense reaction, defense, Defence Reaction, defense mechanism, defence.
  • state
    subjugation, subjection.