Thesaurus / repress
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Using technology to discriminate against people, or to surveil and repress them, would clearly be unethical.
WHAT BUDDHISM CAN DO FOR AI ETHICSAMY NORDRUMJANUARY 6, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWAll of them are pinched with unease, a vague anxiety repressed during the day but unleashed once the lights go off.
SIMON HAN’S ‘NIGHTS WHEN NOTHING HAPPENED’ IS A POIGNANT STUDY OF THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCERON CHARLESNOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTMultiple news reports in recent years have detailed how Beijing uses tech surveillance in Xinjiang to repress its Uighur population.
THE WORLD’S LARGEST SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IS GROWING—AND SO IS THE BACKLASHGRADY MCGREGORNOVEMBER 3, 2020FORTUNEIn a country of amnesiacs that observes Labor Day with all the energy of a repressed yawn, this story is a rousing celebration of the forgotten heroes who devoted their lives and shed their blood to ensure the dignity of American work.
‘THE COLD MILLIONS,’ JESS WALTER’S CELEBRATION OF FORGOTTEN HEROES, IS ONE OF THE MOST CAPTIVATING NOVELS OF THE YEARRON CHARLESOCTOBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POSTShe is confusing and frightening and probably violent, and the only thing we can do with her is violently repress her, shove her into the attic and hope she doesn’t cause too much trouble.
GOTHIC NOVELS ARE OBSESSED WITH BORDERS. MEXICAN GOTHIC TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE.CONSTANCE GRADYOCTOBER 16, 2020VOXThe Women of England, of whatever rank, studiously avoid peculiarities of dress or manner and repress idiosyncrasies of character.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYGilbert made a great clatter with his knife and fork, to conceal the laugh that he could not repress.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEShe did not answer, but her mobile, painted lips quivered, as if she were trying to repress a smile and were not quite succeeding.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSHe had to repress a smile as he followed where the other led him to a gray speedster in a distant corner of the open concourse.
ASTOUNDING STORIES, MAY, 1931VARIOUSStirling was never addicted to mincing matters, but Weston could not quite repress a grin.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSWORDS RELATED TO REPRESS
- allays
- ameliorates
- assuages
- buries the hatchet
- butters up
- calms
- chastens
- composes
- conciliates
- cons
- cools
- dulcifies
- fixes up
- greases
- kisses and makes up
- lies back
- lulls
- makes peace
- mitigates
- moderates
- mollifies
- pacificates
- placates
- propitiates
- puts the lid on
- qualifies
- quells
- quiets
- relieves
- represses
- silences
- smooths over
- soft-pedals
- softens
- soothes
- squares
- stills
- strokes
- subdues
- sweetens
- takes the edge off
- tames
- tempers
- tranquilizes
- allay
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- assuage
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- fix up
- grease
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- lull
- make peace
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- pacificate
- placate
- propitiate
- put the lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- relieve
- repress
- silence
- smooth over
- soft pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- take the edge off
- tame
- temper
- tranquilize
- anticipate
- arrest
- avert
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- block
- check
- chill
- cool
- cork
- counter
- counteract
- dam
- dead-end
- debar
- defend against
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- frustrate
- halt
- hamper
- head off
- hinder
- hold back
- hold off
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interdict
- interrupt
- keep lid on
- limit
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- preclude
- prohibit
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- rule out
- shut out
- stave off
- stop
- thwart
- turn aside
- ward off
- anticipates
- arrests
- averts
- avoids
- baffles
- balks
- bars
- blocks
- checks
- chills
- cools
- corks
- counteracts
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- dams
- debars
- defends against
- foils
- forbids
- forestalls
- forfends
- frustrates
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- hampers
- heads off
- hinders
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- impedes
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- keeps lid on
- limits
- nip in the bud
- obstructs
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- puts an end to
- represses
- restrains
- restricts
- retards
- rules out
- shuts out
- staves off
- stops
- thwarts
- turns aside
- wards off
- abrogated
- annulled
- black out
- bottled up
- clamped down on
- corked up
- cracked down on
- declared null and void
- discharged
- dissolved
- hushed up
- invalidated
- killed
- negated
- overruled
- overthrew
- put damper on
- put the lid on
- repealed
- rescinded
- reversed
- revoked
- set aside
- shut down
- squelched
- undid
- vacated
- vetoed
- vitiated
- voided
- watergated
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