Repression

/ɹɪpɹˈɛʃən/

/ɹiˈpɹɛʃən/

[noun]

Repression

[NOUN]

the action of controlling people by means of force or violence

the act of repressing; control by holding down

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

Examples

1. So sometimes, repression actually works.

2. And the forces of anti-slavery remember this repression.

3. Part of that good life will involve some censorship, some repression.

4. The repression is over.