Repression
Repression noun - The checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others.
Usage example: psychologists talking about the repression of anger and how it affects one's health
Self-containment and repression are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-containment" instead a noun "Repression".
Self-containment
Self-containment noun - The power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions.
Repression and self-containment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Repression" instead a noun phrase "Self-containment".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- control and repression
- control and self-containment
- reserve and repression
- reserve and self-containment
- command and repression
- command and self-containment
- discretion and repression
- discretion and self-containment
- restraint and repression
- restraint and self-containment
- mastery and repression
- mastery and self-containment
- discipline and repression
- discipline and self-containment
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Self-containment and Repression. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/repression/self-containment
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