repression

1. N-UNCOUNT Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people. 鎮(zhèn)壓; 壓制[表不滿]

...a society conditioned by violence and repression. …處于暴力和壓迫中的一個(gè)社會(huì)。

2. N-UNCOUNT Repression of feelings, especially sexual ones, is a person's unwillingness to allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires. (對(duì)感情、欲望等的) 壓抑

Much of the anger he's felt during his life has stemmed from the repression of his feelings about men. 他一生中的大多憤怒源于對(duì)男人的情感壓抑。