repressing
Keeping feelings down
Repressing is holding something back or keeping it under control.
You might repress a smile, a yawn, or a shudder.
In psychology, to repress is to push uncomfortable thoughts or memories out of conscious awareness: She had repressed the trauma for years.
Governments repress dissent; authorities repress uprisings.
The word implies force applied to keep something from surfacing or spreading.
Suppress or restrain
- smotherDeprive of air
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- swallowSend down the throat
- containHold within limits
restrain · mask · hide · conceal · bury · internalize · deny · ignore
Below conscious awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- internalizeAdopt beliefs as one's own
displacement · projection · rationalization · regression · Freudian · psychoanalysis · neurosis · anxiety
Bring under control
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
- hold-downSecuring device or restraint
- pinPointed metal fastener
- immobilizeStop all motion
overpower · constrain · contain · quash · quell · crush · squash · squelch
Officially disallowed
- forbiddenNot allowed
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
propaganda · book-burning · newspeak · thoughtcrime · subversive · censor · filter · sanitize
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- dissentDisagreement with authority
dissident · opposition · movement · demonstration · resistance · crackdown · authoritarian · totalitarian
stifle
Suppress or restrain
contain · restrain · mask · hide · conceal · bury · internalize · deny · ignore · numb
subconscious
Below conscious awareness
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- denialRefusal to accept reality
internalize · displacement · projection · rationalization · regression · Freudian · psychoanalysis · neurosis · anxiety · catharsis
subdue
Bring under control
immobilize · overpower · constrain · contain · quash · quell · crush · squash · squelch · suppress
banned
Officially disallowed
blacklist · propaganda · book-burning · newspeak · thoughtcrime · subversive · censor · filter · sanitize · expunge
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
dissent · dissident · opposition · movement · demonstration · resistance · crackdown · authoritarian · totalitarian · subjugate
repressingexpressing
Communicating thoughts outwardly
releasing · venting · letting out · unburdening · voicing
repressingliberating
Setting free from constraint
freeing · permitting · releasing · emancipating · allowing
repressingacknowledging
Accepting as true
confronting · processing · accepting · facing · working through
- political repressionState suppression of opposition
- emotional repressionBlocking one's own feelings
- police repressionForceful control by authorities