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- noun Plural form of
repression .
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Examples
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Besides, we are 72 years away from 1937 [the peak of J. Stalin repressions]. 72 is six multiplied by twelve.
Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: “Statistical Error”, a new corruption scandal 2009
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The state machine's entire mechanism is now involved in repressions, and any hint of misdoing is considered as a “Hunt!” signal.
Global Voices in English » Kazakhstan: “Statistical Error”, a new corruption scandal 2009
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The near-shattering pressure of their repressions is relieved in constant doodling blue-sky dreaming.
Jukebox on Wheels 1969
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The near-shattering pressure of their repressions is relieved in constant doodling blue-sky dreaming.
Jukebox on Wheels 1955
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Usually when people want to talk about the most terrifying thing that happened in the Soviet Union in the 20 th century, they talk about the war and the Stalinist 'repressions'.
open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Geoffrey Hosking 2009
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The victims of the Stalinist 'repressions' are the millions who were sent to the
open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Geoffrey Hosking 2009
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With the Memorial Society, he gathered several hundred private family archives from homes across Russia and interviewed thousands of survivors as well as perpetrators of the Stalinist repressions for his book The Whisperers.
The Whisperers and digital lives Maxine 2009
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With the Memorial Society, he gathered several hundred private family archives from homes across Russia and interviewed thousands of survivors as well as perpetrators of the Stalinist repressions for his book The Whisperers.
The Whisperers and digital lives Maxine 2009
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Becker, in his chapter on Terror of Death, says, “For another thing, there is nothing like shocks in the real world to jar loose repressions … With adults we see this manifestation of anxiety in the face of impending catastrophe where it takes the form of panic” (Becker, 21).
AIDS, Identity and Legacy in Contemporary Gay History « 2010
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"These forces want to provoke even harsher political repressions."
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