repression (repressions plural )
1 n-uncount Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people.
also N in pl (disapproval)
(=oppression)
...a society conditioned by violence and repression.
2 n-uncount Repression of feelings, especially sexual ones, is a person's unwillingness to allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires.
...the repression of his feelings about men.