repression

/R IY0 P R EH1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

    “History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.”

  2. 2

    The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

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