Synonym for repression

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

Associated with repression

psychiatry psychological medicine psychopathology defence defence mechanism defence reaction defense mechanism defense reaction defense

noun - a state of forcible subjugation

Associated with repression

subjection subjugation

noun - inhibition

Synonym for repression

inhibition control holding in restraint suppression bottling up

noun - subjugation

Synonym for repression

subjugation control constraint domination censorship tyranny coercion authoritarianism despotism

noun - sudden punitive action

Synonym for repression

clampdown crackdown suppression

noun - suppression

Synonym for repression

suppression crushing prohibition quashing dissolution

noun - the act of repressing

Associated with repression

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