English-Estonian translations for repression

• repressioon
  Need avaldused, nagu me teame, varjasid veriseid repressioone. These statements, as we know, conceal a bloody repression.
  See repressioon mõjutab miljoneid inimesi, kuid mitte midagi pole ette võetud. This repression affects millions of people, but nothing has been done.
  Valitsus suurendab repressioone ja vahistab opositsiooni aktiviste. The government intensifies repression and imprisons opposition activists.

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