repressiveness
Authoritarian constraint quality
Repressiveness is the quality of being repressive—tending to restrain, suppress, or control.
The word typically describes systems, governments, or atmospheres that limit freedom or expression: the repressiveness of the regime, the repressiveness of Victorian morality.
It can also characterize personal tendencies toward emotional suppression.
Mental check on behavior
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- suffocationFatal lack of air
smothering · internalization · self-censorship · trauma · anxiety · shame · conditioning · compliance
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
tyranny · fascism · regime · junta · oligarchy · absolutism · militarism · hegemony
Limit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- limitationBound on extent
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- confinementState of being restricted
curtailment · restraint · suppression · enforcement · containment · coercion · intimidation · strictness
Forcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
injustice · marginalization · exploitation · stratification · patriarchy · caste · segregation · conformity
Forcible prevention or concealment
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
book-burning · taboo · forbidden · prohibition · censor · expurgate · bowdlerize · sanitization
inhibition
Mental check on behavior
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- denialRefusal to accept reality
suffocation · smothering · internalization · self-censorship · trauma · anxiety · shame · conditioning · compliance · submission
authoritarianism
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
autocracy · tyranny · fascism · regime · junta · oligarchy · absolutism · militarism · hegemony · centralization
restriction
Limit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- limitationBound on extent
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
confinement · curtailment · restraint · suppression · enforcement · containment · coercion · intimidation · strictness · rigidity
subjugation
Forcing into submission
- dominationSupreme authority held
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
inequality · injustice · marginalization · exploitation · stratification · patriarchy · caste · segregation · conformity · orthodoxy
suppression
Forcible prevention or concealment
redaction · book-burning · taboo · forbidden · prohibition · censor · expurgate · bowdlerize · sanitization · samizdat
repressivenesspermissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
liberality · freedom · liberty · tolerance · openness
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Ability to convey emotion
openness · uninhibitedness · liberation · catharsis · self-expression
repressivenessopenness
Quality of being accessible
liberalism · progressiveness · inclusiveness · acceptance · free society
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