Repression

Repression (Latin: re " back ", " back "; primers " push ", "push" ) is a synonym for repression, inhibition, suppression. Depending on the context, can also be meant:

In history, the phase of the South American military dictatorships in the 1970s and 1980s (Spanish: La represion ), see also Operation Condor
In Genetics preventing the transcription of a gene by a repressor protein (see also gene regulation )
In psychology refers to a certain kind of repression to deal with threatening situations, see repression and Sensitization
In the police action, the task of law enforcement in order official occasions
In politics in the context of national, criminal action - the oppression or persecution of groups or individual citizens because of political motives
In international politics than retaliation a coercive measure taken by a state against another state to move this task to a (possibly alleged ) infringement of international law