repression (redirected from Gene repression)

re·pres·sion  (r-prshn)

n.

1. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.

2. Psychology The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

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re·pression·ist adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	repression - a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects" subjection, subjugation - forced submission to control by others
	2.	repression - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
	3.	repression - the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence" control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"

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repression

noun 1. subjugation, control, constraint, domination, censorship, tyranny, coercion, authoritarianism, despotism

noun 2. suppression, crushing, prohibition, quashing, dissolution

noun 3. inhibition, control, holding in, restraint, suppression, bottling up

Translations

repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] n → represión f

repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] repress n → répression f

repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] repress n → Unterdrückung f

repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] n → repressione f