Words Like REPRESSION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to REPRESSION.

3 Alternative Words Similar to repression

1 Control Noun      Synonym Words Like Control
2 Check Noun      Synonym Words Like Check
3 Restraint Noun      Synonym Words Like Restraint

1 examples of repression

1 the repression of evil and evil doers

9 definitions of repression

1 The act of repressing, or state of being repressed.
2 That which represses; check; restraint.
3 a state of forcible subjugation
4 (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
5 the act of repressing; control by holding down
6 The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.
7 Psychology The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.
8 The act of repressing, restraining, or subduing: as, the repression of tumults.
9 Power of repressing.
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