repression
noun/rɪˈpreʃn/
/rɪˈpreʃn/
[uncountable]- the act of using force to control a group of people and limit their freedom
- Peasant farmers face poverty and severe government repression.
- They were fighting against repression and injustice in their country.
Extra Examples- Streams of migrants are fleeing war, repression and poverty.
- The trade unions suffered brutal repression after the coup.
- her attempts to combat censorship and political repression
- repression against ethnic minorities
- repression by the state
- the religious repression during his rule
- There was a campaign of repression against minorities in the north.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- harsh
- massive
- …
- suffer
- suffer from
- subject somebody/something to
- …
- repression against
- repression by
- a target for repression
- a target of repression
- the act of controlling strong emotions and desires and not allowing them to be expressed so that they no longer seem to exist
- sexual repression
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emotional
- sexual
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