repressionre‧pres‧sion /rɪˈpreʃən/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
sexual repressionrepression of the repression of desire2cruel and severe control of a large group of peoplerepression of brutal repression of members of the Communist party
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- During Stalin's repressions, countless people were sent to labor camps and starved to death.
- Religious ideas about sin made sexual repression commonplace.
- And even among the scrupulously neutral, there were those who spoke against the inequality and repression which inspired the fighting.
- Are we that nostalgic for repression?
- But tensions continued as victims of the repression took revenge against the cadres who had persecuted them.
- In spite of consistent repression, they produced five children.
- Indeed the repression of anger can be positively harmful.
- She had not even attracted any positive repression, nor been significant enough to affect her husband's career.
- The prison system became, by default, a major enforcer of repression.
WORD SETS
agoraphobia, nounagoraphobic, noun-aholic, suffixanalyse, verbanalysis, nounanalyst, nounanorexia, nounantidepressant, nounautism, nounbattle fatigue, nounbehaviourism, nounbreakdown, nounbulimia, nouncatharsis, nouncertify, verbclaustrophobia, nouncognition, nouncognitive, adjectivecomplex, nouncompulsive, adjectivecounsel, verbcounselling, nouncrazed, adjectivecrazy, adjectivedefence mechanism, noundelusion, noundemented, adjectivedementia, noundenial, noundepressed, adjectivedepression, noundepressive, adjectivedepressive, nounderanged, adjectivediminished responsibility, noundipsomaniac, noundisordered, adjectivedisturbance, noundysfunctional, adjectiveeating disorder, nouneccentricity, nounego, nounelectric shock therapy, nounemotional, adjectiveexhibitionism, nounextra-sensory perception, nounfixation, nounFreudian, adjectiveFreudian slip, noungroup therapy, nounhallucinate, verbhydrophobia, nounhypnosis, nounhypnotic, adjectivehypnotise, verbhypnotist, nounhypnotize, verbid, nouninferiority complex, nouninsane, adjectiveinsanity, nounkleptomania, nounkleptomaniac, nounlibido, nounlinear, adjectivemaladjusted, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmanic depressive, nounmental, adjectivemental age, nounmental hospital, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemidlife crisis, nounmisogynist, nounmixed up, adjectivenerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectiveobsessive, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounpadded cell, nounparanoia, nounparanoid, adjectivepathological, adjectivepathology, nounpatterning, nounphallic, adjectivephobia, noun-phobia, suffixphrenology, nounpost-traumatic stress disorder, nounprecognition, nounpsyche, nounpsychiatric, adjectivepsychiatrist, nounpsychiatry, nounpsychic, adjectivepsycho, nounpsycho-, prefixpsychoanalysis, nounpsychoanalyst, nounpsychoanalyze, verbpsychobabble, nounpsychodrama, nounpsychokinesis, nounpsychological, adjectivepsychologist, nounpsychology, nounpsychopath, nounpsychosis, nounpsychosomatic, adjectivepsychotherapy, nounpsychotic, adjectivepyromaniac, nounrepression, nounresidential treatment facility, nounRorschach test, nounsadism, nounsadist, nounsafety valve, nounsanity, nounscar, nounscar, verbschizoid, adjectiveschizophrenia, nounschizophrenic, adjectiveschizophrenic, nounscrewed up, adjectivesocialize, verbsociopath, nounsplit personality, nounsubconscious, adjectivesubconscious, nounsuggestion, nounsuperego, nountherapy, nountorment, nountrance, nountrauma, nounvoyeur, nounwell-adjusted, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY sexual repressionCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1when someone does not allow themselves to express feelings or desires which they are ashamed of, especially sexual ones – used when you think someone should express these feelings: sexual repression· There is a subtle heritage that connects the military repression of homosexuality with negligent pollution.· Internal dissension as much as military repression was to prove the rebels' undoing in 1699.· But the military repression of 1989 tipped the scales.
· On June 1 the Interior Ministry announced that the government would pay compensation to victims of political repressions carried out since 1946.· The philosophy of Americanism was being redefined. Political repression and racial discrimination were at a high point.· After years of political repression, the education system has little credibility with those it is supposed to serve.· Domination by political repression, the open domination of one class by another, is no longer necessary.· Now, to political and economic repression in these areas was added cultural suppression.· Yet the people targeted by them still live with economic stagnation, political repression, malnutrition and ecological crisis.
sexual repressionrepression of the repression of desire2cruel and severe control of a large group of peoplerepression of brutal repression of members of the Communist party