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Term: repression

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "repression": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

  1. Term
  2. repression

repression

Definitions

Noun

  1. A state of forcible subjugation
  2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
  3. The act of repressing; control by holding down
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "repression".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 repression 3 6
2 repressions 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "repression".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 production 3 148
2 radiation 4 97
3 protection 3 68
4 preparation 4 54
5 reduction 3 42
6 reception 3 38
7 robinson 3 38
8 transition 3 32
9 proportion 3 29
10 prevention 3 27
11 trevelyan 3 17
12 prohibition 4 13
13 rebellion 3 13
14 retention 3 12
15 richardson 3 12
16 criterion 4 11
17 graduation 4 11
18 rejection 3 11
19 irradiation 5 10
20 prediction 3 10
21 revulsion 3 10
22 projection 3 9
23 regression 3 7
24 propulsion 3 6
25 remington 3 5
26 brazilian 3 4
27 rifleman 3 4
28 crittenden 3 3
29 craftsman 2 2
30 profusion 3 2
31 progression 3 2
32 robertson 3 2
33 armageddon 4 1
34 protozoan 4 1
35 reawaken 4 1
36 rendition 3 1
37 reparation 4 1
38 rumanian 4 1
39 arakelian 4 0
40 arslanian 4 0
41 bradenton 3 0
42 braselton 3 0
43 brasington 3 0
44 brazelton 3 0
45 brockington 3 0
46 brookhaven 3 0
47 bruchhausen 3 0
48 christeson 3 0
49 christison 3 0
50 crustacean 3 0
51 draconian 4 0
52 draftsman 2 0
53 draftsmen 2 0
54 friesenhahn 3 0
55 granderson 3 0
56 grandison 3 0
57 gregorian 4 0
58 gremillion 3 0
59 gruenhagen 3 0
60 krikorian 4 0
61 ordination 4 0
62 oregonian 5 0
63 praetorian 4 0
64 preclusion 3 0
65 predestine 3 0
66 preemption 3 0
67 pretension 3 0
68 prolactin 3 0
69 providian 4 0
70 raphalian 4 0
71 rasmuson 3 0
72 rasmussen 3 0
73 rasmusson 3 0
74 rawlinson 3 0
75 reassertion 4 0
76 rechristen 3 0
77 reddington 3 0
78 redington 3 0
79 reflation 3 0
80 reinertsen 3 0
81 reinertson 3 0
82 rhetorician 4 0
83 rhodopsin 3 0
84 richarson 3 0
85 richelson 3 0
86 ricketson 3 0
87 riggleman 3 0
88 ringeisen 3 0
89 rollinson 3 0
90 rollwagen 3 0
91 romanian 4 0
92 rosenman 3 0
93 rubinson 3 0
94 rustigan 3 0
95 rwandan 3 0
96 truncation 3 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "repression".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 expression 3 79
2 profession 3 37
3 depression 3 24
4 expressions 3 15
5 regression 3 7
6 recession 3 7
7 procession 3 5
8 depressions 3 3
9 repressive 3 2
10 repressions 3 1
11 repress 2 1
12 repressing 3 0
13 regressions 3 0
14 presson 2 0
15 retrocession 4 0
16 reprocessing 4 0
17 repossession 4 0
18 repercussion 4 0
19 redressing 3 0
20 recessions 3 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "repression" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "repression" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "repression" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stalinist 3 2
2 political 4 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "repression".

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 96

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 2

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Governments Should Protect Environmental Defenders from Violence and Repression
Aug 21, 2026 Human Rights Watch
Exile No Longer Offers Safety: The Mounting Threat of Transnational Repression in Latin America
Aug 19, 2026 Kettering Foundation
Iran’s Regime Escalates Repression: 65 January Uprising Prisoners Held Under Inhumane Conditions as 23 Are Executed in Four Days
Aug 28, 2026 irannewsupdate.com
FBI Dallas Brings Awareness to Transnational Repression, Urges Public to Report Incidents to Law Enforcement
Apr 13, 2026 fbi.gov
War, Diplomacy and Repression: The Three-Pronged Strategy of Iran’s Islamic Republic
Aug 25, 2026 Open Canada
Pick To Run Iran’s Judiciary Shows Repression Will Live on Long After Ali Khamenei’s Death
Jul 10, 2026 Foundation for Defense of Democracies
International Rights Experts Warn of Political Repression in Armenia, Urge EU to Respond
Aug 25, 2026 Asbarez.com

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