repressing
Definition
- Adjective:
- Restrictive of action, freedom, or expression; serving to suppress or control: The word "repressing" describes something that actively holds back, subdues, or prevents actions, feelings, or ideas, often through force, authority, or strict control.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The repressing laws silenced any form of political dissent.
- She grew up in a repressing household where showing emotion was discouraged.
- The government was accused of using repressing tactics against the protestors.
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe psychological mechanisms: In psychology, "repressing" can describe the unconscious exclusion of distressing thoughts or impulses from conscious awareness.
- He had a repressing memory of the accident that he could not consciously recall.
- Describing an atmosphere or environment: Can characterize a general climate of control and limitation.
- The office had a repressing atmosphere that stifled creativity.
Variants and Related Words
- Repress (verb): To subdue or hold back by force, authority, or conscious effort.
- He tried to repress his anger.
- Repression (noun): The action of repressing or the state of being repressed.
- The repression of free speech was widespread.
- Repressive (adjective): Very similar in meaning to "repressing," often used interchangeably.
- They lived under a repressive dictatorship.
Synonyms
- Suppressive: Tending to suppress or put an end to something.
- Oppressive: Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint.
- Inhibiting: Hindering, restraining, or preventing an action or process.
- Authoritarian: Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom.
Antonyms
- Permissive: Allowing or characterized by great freedom of behavior.
- Liberal: Favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.
- Liberating: Setting free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Repressing regime: A government system characterized by severe restrictions on freedom.
- The citizens fled the repressing regime.
- Repressing force: A power or entity that acts to suppress.
- The army was used as a repressing force against the rebellion.
Adjective
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restrictive of action
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a repressive regime
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an overly strict and inhibiting discipline
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