repression

Words with a similar base: repression

'repression'

[repression.n.01] as in: a state of forcible subjugation

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Examples:
the long repression of Christian sects

'repression'

[repression.n.02] as in: (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

'repression'

[repression.n.03] as in: the act of repressing; control by holding down

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Examples:
his goal was the repression of insolence