Need another word that means the same as “repression”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “repression” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Repression” are: suppression, quelling, crushing, squashing, stamping out, oppression, subjugation, domination, tyranny, subjection, despotism, dictatorship, authoritarianism, restraint, holding back, keeping back, keeping in check, control, keeping under control, stifling, smothering, bottling up
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “repression” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| authoritarianism | A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner. |
| bottling up | A vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children. |
| control | A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine. He had the chance to take the controls and fly the glider. |
| crushing | Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. |
| despotism | Dominance through threat of punishment and violence. The ideology of enlightened despotism. |
| dictatorship | A country governed by a dictator. The effects of forty years of dictatorship. |
| holding back | The act of retaining something. |
| keeping back | The financial means whereby one lives. |
| keeping in check | A cell in a jail or prison. |
| keeping under control | The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress. |
| oppression | Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority. After years of oppression they finally revolted. |
| quelling | Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. The quelling of the rebellion. |
| restraint | A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control. Restraints imposed on imports. |
| smothering | A stifling cloud of smoke. |
| squashing | Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable. |
| stamping out | Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores. |
| stifling | Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. The stifling of all dissent. |
| subjection | The action of subjecting a country or person to one’s control, or the fact of being subjected. The country s subjection to European colonialism. |
| subjugation | Forced submission to control by others. The colonial subjugation of a country by means of brute military force. |
| suppression | The absence or non-development of a part or organ that is normally present. The suppression of heresy. |
| tyranny | (especially in ancient Greece) rule by one who has absolute power without legal right. The tyranny of the nine to five day. |
| barbarism | A word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional philological rules, e.g. a word formed from elements of different languages, such as breathalyser (English and Greek) or television (Greek and Latin). The collapse of civilization and the return to barbarism. |
| barbarous | Primitive in customs and culture. A remote and barbarous country. |
| bloodthirsty | Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed. A bloodthirsty occult movie. |
| brutal | Disagreeably direct and precise. A brutal winter. |
| brutish | Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. A dull and brutish man. |
| conquistador | An adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. |
| cruel | Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success. Cruel tortures. |
| draconian | (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe. The Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws. |
| ferocious | Very great; extreme. A ferocious headache. |
| ferocity | The state or quality of being ferocious. She hated him with a ferocity that astonished her. |
| gory | Involving or showing violence and bloodshed. A gory horror film. |
| harsh | Severe. Wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus. |
| heinous | Extremely wicked, deeply criminal. Heinous accusations. |
| inhuman | Belonging to or resembling something nonhuman. A babel of inhuman noises. |
| inhumane | Without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel. Biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used. |
| machiavellian | Of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended. |
| merciless | Having or showing no mercy. A merciless attack with a blunt instrument. |
| oppression | Mental pressure or distress. A response to collective poverty and oppression. |
| persecutor | A person who persecutes someone, especially for their ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs. He is badly scarred by his treatment at the hands of his persecutors. |
| pitiless | Showing no pity; cruel. A night of pitiless rain. |
| rampage | Violently angry and destructive behavior. Several thousand demonstrators rampaged through the city. |
| remorseless | Without regret or guilt. A monster of remorseless cruelty. |
| restraint | The state of being physically constrained. Car safety restraints. |
| ruthless | Without mercy or pity. A ruthless manipulator. |
| sadistic | Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others. She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him. |
| sanguinary | Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed-G.W.Johnson. They lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed. |
| savage | A member of an uncivilized people. A savage slap. |
| truculence | Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness. |
The synonyms and related words of "Brag" are: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a…
The synonyms and related words of "Pierce" are: thrust, make a hole in, penetrate, puncture,…
The synonyms and related words of "Weary" are: aweary, tired, tired out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired,…
The synonyms and related words of "Kick" are: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, give…
The synonyms and related words of "Useless" are: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain,…
Want to describe something with adjectives that start with 'J'? Though they are not numerous,…