Sentence examples for repression from inspiring English sources

The word "repression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the act of suppressing something, such as thoughts, emotions, or behavior. For example, "Max struggled with his repressed feelings of anger and sadness."

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repression

noun

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

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"THE little screaming fact that sounds through all history", John Steinbeck wrote, is that "repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed".

"Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities," he said at the time.

Iranian authorities should listen to this global appeal and end their disturbing pattern of repression".

Related: Thousands jailed in Uzbekistan on politically motivated charges, report says Human rights groups also lambasted the election as unconstitutional and unfair, while also noting the Karimov regime's track record of abuses and repression of criticism.

However, Abdullah will be remembered as someone who survived the wave of change, propped up by "black gold", in his own kingdom by distributing largesse and repression and helped to reverse the prospect of democracy in the Arab world.

It was the first such attempt to kill the cabinet – senior ministers were all staying in the Grand – since the Cato Street conspiracy of 1820, a year after the Peterloo Massacre and repression.

Proponents of the financial repression explanation essentially view low interest rates as a hidden tax on bondholders, who receive a lower interest rate than they would otherwise.

Ultimately the most sustainable way of decreasing demand for the boats is to curb repression in countries like Eritrea, and end wars in countries of transit or origin like Libya and Syria.

Armenia suffered massacres and repression in the 20th century and has recently experienced an economic collapse.

But she didn't do it: not because she wasn't terrified for her father, but because she knew that remaining outside of her beloved country and campaigning internationally was the only way to ensure that the world could understand the repression happening inside of it.

That promise was not fulfilled, and President al-Maliki's repression of Sunni Arabs is now driving an insurgency against his rule, from which Isis is gaining.

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