repression
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Synonyms
constraint, continence, discipline, discretion, inhibition, refrainment, reserve, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-restraint, suppression
Antonyms
disinhibition, incontinence, unconstraint
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For some, the repression that One Child Nation delves into may feel remote. — Brandon Yu, The Atlantic, "One Child Nation Paints a Harrowing Picture of an Infamous Policy," 13 Aug. 2019 The repression has grown ever since Trump signaled in a May 2017 speech in Saudi Arabia that human rights in the Middle East would not be a priority for the White House. — Washington Post, "Egypt jails American traveler, saying she criticized the government on Facebook," 9 Aug. 2019 But these legal advances have come coupled with the repression of the Saudi female activists who have pushed to reform the guardianship system. — Alainna Liloia, The Conversation, "Saudi women are fighting for their freedom – and their hard-won victories are growing," 8 Aug. 2019 Dozens of Ohioans were among several thousand Falun Gong practitioners who gathered in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to protest Chinese repression of the Falun Gong, cleveland.com’s Sabrina Eaton reports. — Laura Hancock, cleveland.com, "DeWine vetoes health care price ‘transparency’ items in budget: Capitol Letter," 19 July 2019 Several dozen Mauritanian-Americans and their advocates and allies held a march Monday in Downtown Cincinnati to protest the repression of black Africans there and called on U.S. sanctions against Mauritania. — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, "'I do everything all Americans do.' Home but for how long? ICE releases Mauritanian man after 11 months," 16 July 2019 The overwhelming majority of tourist dollars go directly toward the repression of the Cuban people and to Cuba’s imperialist policies disrupting our hemisphere. — WSJ, "Tourism in Cuba Supports a Repressive State," 13 June 2019 Witnesses to the Tiananmen Square massacre shared their stories in Seattle Tuesday to remind people of the Chinese government’s violent repression of the past and human-rights violations in the present. — Asia Fields, The Seattle Times, "Anniversary of Tiananmen Square bloodshed marked in Westlake Park," 5 June 2019 This 2017 release revolves around the idea of repression, though not in those words. — Caroline Tew, EW.com, "A guide to presidential candidate Marianne Williamson's books, from mild to wild," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'repression.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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