English-Danish translations for repression

• undertrykkelse
  Der er tale om ekstremt voldsom undertrykkelse. The repression is extremely violent.
  Undertrykkelse har ofte religiøse årsager. Repression often has a religious background.
  Den seneste undertrykkelse af demonstrationer i Rusland Recent repression of demonstrations in Russia

Definition of repression

• The act of repressing; state of being repressed
• The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses

Examples

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

Related words

• repressive
• irrepressible
• irrepressibly
• repressible
• derepression
• antirepressive
• psychological repression