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Antonyms
1. repression
noun. ['riːˈprɛʃən'] a state of forcible subjugation.
Synonyms
- subjection
Antonyms
- indiscipline
- intemperance
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Rhymes 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
Sentences with repression
1. Noun, singular or mass
Like the repression, this extravagance was also seen as a product of close ties with the west.
Quotes about 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.
Antonyms
- question
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.
Synonyms
- defense reaction
- defence mechanism
- defense
- defence reaction
- defence
Antonyms
- offense
- inactivity
- derestrict
- powerlessness