repression

repression
noun
1 using force to control people
ADJECTIVE
extreme, harsh, massive, severe
bloody, brutal, ruthless, violent
political, religious, social

her attempts to combat censorship and political repression

the religious repression during his rule

government, military, police, state
VERB + REPRESSION
suffer, suffer from

The trade unions suffered brutal repression after the coup.

subject sb/sth to

Reports claimed that civilians were being subjected to ruthless repression.

escape, flee

Streams of migrants are fleeing war, repression and poverty.

PREPOSITION
repression against

repression against ethnic minorities

repression by

repression by the state

PHRASES
a target for repression, a target of repression
2 controlling strong emotions/desires
ADJECTIVE
emotional, sexual

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  • Repression — may refer to:* Memory inhibition, a critical component of an effective memory system * Political repression, the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons * Psychological repression, the psychological act of… …   Wikipedia

  • Repression — (lat.: re „zurück“, „wieder“; primere „drängen“, „drücken“) ist ein Synonym für Unterdrückung, Hemmung, Zurückdrängung. Je nach Kontext kann auch gemeint sein: die südamerikanischen Militärdiktaturen in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren (span. La… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Repression — Re*pres sion (r? pr?sh ?n), n. [Cf. F. r[ e]pression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. [1913 Webster] 2. That which represses; check; restraint. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repression — repression. См. репрессия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Repression — (lat.), Zurückdrängung, Hemmung, Unterdrückung; Bestrafung begangener im Gegensatz zur Verhütung (Prävention) zu begehender Verbrechen. Repressivsystem (Gegensatz zur Präventivzensur), s. Presse, S. 285 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • repression — index censorship, coercion, constraint (restriction), control (restriction), deterrence, deterrent …   Law dictionary

  • repression — (n.) late 14c., noun of action from REPRESS (Cf. repress) (v.). Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957 …   Etymology dictionary

  • repression — [ri presh′ən] n. [ME repressioun < ML repressio] 1. a repressing or being repressed 2. Psychiatry a) the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed b) something repressed in this way …   English World dictionary

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