- Types Of Speech
- You can use repression as a noun in a sentence.
- About Repression
- A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters e, i, n, o, p, r, and s, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters es. Repression starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, rep, repr, repre, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, sion, ssion, . Repression is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- The act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
- Compound Words
- A compound word, repression has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are repress, and ion.
- School Grade
- Repression is set as a sat word that starts with r, ends with n, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 10 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Repression in Pig Latin is said as "epressionray or epressionrway".
- Unigram
- r | e | p | r | e | s | s | i | o | n
- Bigram
- re | ep | pr | re | es | ss | si | io | on
- Trigram
- rep | epr | pre | res | ess | ssi | sio | ion
- Quadrigram
- repr | epre | pres | ress | essi | ssio | sion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of repressing;
control by holding down;
"his goal was the repression of insolence" - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- a state of forcible subjugation;
"the long repression of Christian sects"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abashment | feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
| Abnegation | renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
| Aloofness | a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner |
| Amnesia | partial or total loss of memory "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" |
| Apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Armed Robbery | |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Arrestation | |
| Arrestment | |
| Awkwardness | trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Repression
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Repression | the act of repressing control by holding down "his goal was the repression of insolence" |
View English words with the unique letters used in repression. Words With The Letters Einoprs
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Keep Down | |
| Quash | put down by force or intimidation "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising" "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently" "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| Reduce | take off weight |
| Repress | put out of one''s consciousness |
| Subdue | correct by punishment or discipline |
| Subjugate | put down by force or intimidation "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising" "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently" "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
Repression Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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