repression

About 6.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

   History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.

2. noun The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Similar words

repressive suppression suppressing prevention suppress oppression quell interdiction clampdown break-up

Often followed by

of and in is by was that or to

Word family

repressionist repressions