What is another word for represses?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪpɹˈɛsɪz] (IPA)

Represses means to restrain or hold back, and there are various synonyms for it. One of the closest synonyms for represses is suppresses, which means preventing something from being expressed or disclosed. Other synonyms include curb, which means to control or limit something, inhibit, which means to prevent something from developing or expressing fully, and stifle, which means to suffocate or smother something. Other closely related synonyms include restrain, control, check, and subdue. All these synonyms convey a sense of controlling or holding back, and their usage largely depends on the context in which they are required.

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Usage examples for Represses

I am telling him that if he represses lust, then love will come; whereas, if he yields to lust, then love may never come, he may make himself incapable of love, incapable of feeling it or of trusting it, or of inspiring it in a woman.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Our instincts present to our consciousness a great mass of impulses and desires, and among these the consciousness selects what it pleases, and represses and refuses to recognize or to act upon the others.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Waldron hesitated; he stood gazing at the earth with the air of one who represses deep pain; at last, after a profound sigh, he raised his eyes and answered: "Captain, we are on the eve of a battle.
"The Brigade Commander"
J. W. Deforest

Famous quotes with Represses

  • I think there's a certain numbness in modern society, that accepts certain kinds of violence, but represses other kinds of violence.
    Nick Cave
  • Where authority represses freedom, rebellion becomes the hard work of love, which is necessary because love, freedom, and spirit are inseparable.
    Sam Keen
  • Because there are no truths that can be taken possession of without a struggle, and because all knowledge must choose a place in the configuration of hegemonic and oppositional forces, the means of establishing knowledge seem to be almost more important than the knowledge itself. … The demand to universalize the rational draws it into the vortex of politics, pedagogy, and propaganda. With this, enlightenment consciously represses the harsh realism of older precepts of wisdom, for which there was no question that the masses are foolish and that reason is to be found only among the few. Modern elitism has to encode itself democratically.
    Peter Sloterdijk

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