Repression
dieNounEnglish translations
- 01
repression
- 02
suppression
- 03
constraint
Word details
- German meaning
- Die Behörde, die in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) für die Überwachung und Unterdrückung der Bevölkerung zuständig war.
- English meaning
- State Security
- Synonym
- Geheimdienst, Nachrichtendienst
- German example
- Die Staatssicherheit war ein Instrument der Repression in der DDR.
- English example
- The State Security was an instrument of repression in the GDR.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Staatssicherheit
- Plural Form
- None
Related words
- Polizeistaat
A police state is a state in which the government exercises strict control through extensive surveillance and repression of the population.
- Unterdrückung
Oppression
- Stalinismus
Stalinism refers to the political and economic ideology and practices associated with Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, including totalitarian control, cult of personality, and repression.
- Verdrängung
Repression