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repression

[ri-presh-uhn] / rɪˈprɛʃ ən /
NOUN
constraint
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To play Sebastian, Guitarrica had to immerse himself in the character’s emotional repression, from which music is his only escape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Crowds of teenagers marched from the Place de la République in Paris, calling for more resources for schools, and what they called less repression from police.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Lai's office confirmed Zhang's actions had targeted the president's family and said it was a case of "transnational repression."

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Bianco thinks the era of financial repression has given investors a distorted view of what returns they should expect from stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Only then could the people rise up in confidence and truly liberate themselves from repression.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

His later conviction marked a hardening of repressions against opponents of the war.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

And a queue of people waiting for their turn to read out the names of victims of Soviet repressions no longer snakes through central Moscow streets in late October.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

All over the country, people are laying flowers at memorials to Soviet repressions.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

“The repressions have destroyed procedural and professional guarantees for lawyers’ activities, resulting in the effective destruction of legal defense in the country.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023

By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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