different between prohibition vs repression

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibiti?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???(h)??b???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o?(h)??b???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: pro?hi?bi?tion

Noun

prohibition (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitions)

1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
3. A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.

Synonyms

• forbode

Antonyms

• permission

Related terms

• prohibit

Translations

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French, borrowed from Latin prohibiti?

Pronunciation

Noun

prohibition f (plural prohibitions)

1. prohibition
   1. (specifically) prohibition of alcohol

Related terms

• prohiber

Further reading

• “prohibition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From “repress” + “-ion”

Noun

repression (countable and uncountable, plural repressions)

1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

2. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Derived terms

Related terms

• repress

Translations

Anagrams

• erpornises, respersion