1. repression

noun. ['riːˈprɛʃən'] a state of forcible subjugation.

Words that Rhyme with Repression

• transgression
• misimpression
• indiscretion
• decompression
• retrocession
• nonaggression
• repossession
• progression
• expression
• discretion
• compression
• suppression
• succession
• regression
• profession
• procession
• precession
• intercession
• impression
• digression
• depression
• confession
• concession
• secession
• recession
• possession
• oppression
• obsession
• aggression
• accession

Example sentences of the word repression

1. Noun, singular or mass
Like the repression, this extravagance was also seen as a product of close ties with the west.

Quotes containing the word repression

1. Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law, with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and, I hope, will never again be.
- Vladimir Putin

2. repression

noun. ['riːˈprɛʃən'] the act of repressing; control by holding down.

3. repression

noun. ['riːˈprɛʃən'] (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.