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
Putin’s quasi-genocidal barbarities in Ukraine and Xi’s industrial-scale repression in Xinjiang threaten to restore a world of autocratic impunity and rampant atrocity.
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
This is her answer, in part: In terms of brute force and repression, the grip of the dictatorship in Cuba is as tight as ever.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
The repression against dissent and Lukashenko's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a slew of U.S. and EU sanctions that have dealt a heavy blow to Belarus' Soviet-style economy.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The regime has intensified its control through evil levels of repression over the past three years.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
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Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
This is her answer, in part: In terms of brute force and repression, the grip of the dictatorship in Cuba is as tight as ever.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
The repression against dissent and Lukashenko's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a slew of U.S. and EU sanctions that have dealt a heavy blow to Belarus' Soviet-style economy.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The regime has intensified its control through evil levels of repression over the past three years.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repression
Noun
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Sullivan was being held on charges of assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and reckless endangerment before she was released on Thursday after posting $300,000 bail.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Sullivan, a 56-year-old Connecticut woman, has been charged with assault, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, cruelty and reckless endangerment.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Yet, despite the Jayhawks’ inarguable strengths, there were times throughout the current season when Self’s men looked lackluster, tossing on-court discipline and good form to the wind.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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As the Web3 ecosystem continues to evolve, those who can bridge these worlds—who can operate with the discipline of traditional finance while harnessing the dynamism of decentralized innovation—will be the ones who define the future.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What is clear, however, is that his detention has become a rallying cry against the broader abuses of the immigration detention system, which critics argue has been transformed into a tool for political suppression.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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What voter suppression tactics are being used here?—
Richard Boykin,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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With Natalie Kalmus out of the picture, swatches of Technicolor lost all inhibitions.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Mar. 2025
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For spring 2025, Mrs. Prada and Raf Simons basically urged everyone to release your inhibitions, feel the rain on your skin!—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Repression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repression. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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