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Term: repression

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

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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.

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Words That Precede

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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

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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

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This Word in the News:

Nicaragua: Rights experts uncover State corruption fuelling repression, spying on exiles
Mar 10, 2026 UN News
Thailand: Authorities must immediately release Vietnamese activist detained in alarming transnational repression
Mar 11, 2026 Amnesty International
The Eyes That Watched Iran: Ali Khamenei and His Legacy of Repression and War
Mar 14, 2026 Time Magazine
Reverse Restrictions and Repression of Protests Around the World
Mar 12, 2026 Human Rights Watch
Israel intensifies strikes on repression sites, expands outreach to Iranians as regime repression deepens (March 8-10 updates)
Mar 11, 2026 Long War Journal
From Protests to Prisons: Belarus Repression Hits 40,000 Detainees
Mar 12, 2026 impactpolicies.org
The Architecture of Digital Repression
Mar 10, 2026 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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