Word: repressedly
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Some medical observers, like U.C.L.A. Psychiatrist Charles Wahl, insist that there is even such a thing as a "backache personality." People in this category tend to be hard driving but lacking in self-confidence. They are also likely to repress anger and avoid conflicts, traits they share with many victims of ulcer and headaches. Says Basmajian: "Back pain is just a tension headache that has slipped down the back...
Miller suggested that "new thought inevitably leads to class crystalization." The government is wary of this and may try to repress theater if class consciousness becomes too pronounced, he added...
...stereo equipment, unlimited gourmet foods and wine, chic, expensive clothing, sporting goods, etc. By surrounding themselves with material luxuries, they almost succeed in forgetting the hordes of zombies that surround the mall, clamoring at the entrances, waiting...waiting...It's an ingenious metaphor for our society's material-assisted repression of certain realities--poverty, social injustice, or more down to earth, our crippling over-dependence on oil, which we were made aware of in 1973 and managed to repress for six years...
...issues surrounding Stevens and Nestles purchases, nor can they decide whether students would prefer non-Stevens sheets at a few pennies more. By making quantity and quality alone the basis for purchases, and thus excluding the social and moral issues users care about, the University has gone far to repress "the reasoned expression of ideas and arguments." As you say, "universities that violate this social compact do so at their peril...
...attacks on right-wing regimes that have been harassing and murdering activist priests. One bishop told TIME that because of this omission, the speech had condemned him and others to possible martyrdom. Another bishop said that dictatorships will now use the Pope's words as an excuse to repress all social action by priests and nuns...