repression
Syllables: re·pres·sion/ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/
repression noun: the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
Noun
repression (countable and uncountable, plural repressions)
- The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.
- The most powerful educative force in the new society was, however, the system of police repression.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in...
- The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
repression meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
repression in Hindi
- act of repressing
- दमन daman, दबाव dabāv
repression in Tamil
- அடக்கி ஒடுக்கல், அடக்குமுறை, அடக்குதல், அடக்கல், ஒடுக்கல், செயல் தடை
repression in Bengali
- act of repressing
- দমন domon
repression in Malayalam
- അമർത്തൽ, ഞെരുക്കം, നിയന്ത്രണം
More languagesFewer languages
- repression in Kannada
- ತಡೆ, ನಿರೋಧ, ನಿಗ್ರಹ, ದಮನ
- repression in Arabic
- قَمْع qamʕ, كَبْت kabt
- repression in Indonesian
- represi
- repression in Persian
- سرکوب sarkub
- repression in Vietnamese
- đàn áp
Examples of repression in a sentence
- Mussolini was a fascist well known for his repression of criticism and totalitarian government.
- History shows that attempts to suppress dissent through indiscriminate repression have precisely the opposite effect.
- In the hands of the few power can be called oppression, repression, exploitation or authoritarianism.
Forms of repression
| plural | repressions |
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Origin of repression
From repress + -ion.
Words formed from repression
Questions about repression
- What does repression mean?
- Repression means the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- What is repression in Hindi?
- Repression in Hindi is दमन (daman), दबाव (dabāv). See Repression meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is repression?
- Repression is a noun.
- How do you pronounce repression?
- Repression is pronounced /ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/.
- What is the plural of repression?
- The plural of repression is repressions.
Words near repression in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: repression (page history and authors); repression (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repression (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repression (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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