Verb (1) Religious groups were severely repressed. quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order
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Two years is not enough time to undo the impact of centuries of policies and societal norms designed to repress Black Americans. Jared Council, Forbes, 23 May 2022 Meanwhile, our governments are taking anti-democratic measures to repress their own citizens’ nonviolent campaigns of pressure aimed at holding Israel, and the companies and institutions that are complicit in its system of oppression, to account. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 Agitated brain waves can repress your full cognitive capabilities. Erin Urban, Forbes, 2 June 2022 Audiences are meant to identify with Halim, who has been forced to repress his true identity all these years. Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 June 2022 Now 30, the woman said the abuse poisoned later relationships and forced her to repress most of her memories of high school, as those experiences are now inextricably linked with trauma.oregonlive, 2 June 2022 When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 9 May 2022 The CEOs were shaped by experiences such as the Arab Spring, where everyday activists used social media services to share their experiences even as governments were trying to repress them.Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2022 Searching for your part in your life’s low ebbs might lead you to repress your own suffering or, worse, compound it. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 19 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French represser, from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere to check, from re- + premere to press — more at press