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repression

noun

re·​pres·​sion ri-ˈpre-shən How to pronounce repression (audio)
1
a
: the action or process of repressing : the state of being repressed
repression of unpopular opinions
b
: an instance of repressing
racial repressions
2
a
: a mental process by which distressing thoughts, memories, or impulses that may give rise to anxiety are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious
b
: an item so excluded
repressionist adjective

Example Sentences

the state's repression of its citizens They survived 60 years of political repression.
Recent Examples on the Web But experts view the root cause of unrest as China’s decades of repression and discriminatory treatment of Uyghurs – a perspective supported by the U.N.’s report. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2022 The movement, which has roots in the medieval tradition of churches providing sanctuary for those fleeing persecution, was aimed at providing a safe haven for Central Americans running from political repression and violence in their home countries. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 The intervening years were a period of intense repression and censorship. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 The former's raison d'etre while alive and legacy going forward is all about fear, punishment, repression and ancient cruelties. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The State Department said Blinken in Rwanda also will raise democracy and human rights concerns, including transnational repression and the limited space for the opposition. Ignatius Ssuuna, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 That taste ran through the early ’60s, a manic era and a hinge moment between the Cold War and Vietnam, Civil Rights and Black Power, repression and liberation; beatnik and hippie; Ab-Ex and Pop. New York Times, 21 July 2022 Their religious community, too, has a bone-deep communal memory of loss, repression and displacement; in the Soviet era, the preceding monastery in the village was shuttered, with some nuns shipped off to Siberia. Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022 But what is beyond dispute is that the government responded to the rise in drug use and violent crime with draconian measures of repression and mass incarceration. Washington Post, 11 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of repression was in the 15th century

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