repress

re·press  (r-prs)

v. re·pressed, re·press·ing, re·press·es

v.tr.

1. To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.

2. To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.

3. Psychology To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.

4. Biology To block (transcription of a gene) by combination of a protein to an operator gene.

v.intr.

To take repressive action.

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[Middle English repressen, from Latin reprimere, repress- : re-, re- + premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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re·pressi·bili·ty n.

re·pressi·ble adj.

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repress

Verb

1. to keep (feelings) under control

2. to restrict the freedom of: he continued to repress his people

3. Psychol to banish (unpleasant thoughts) from one's conscious mind [Latin reprimere to press back]

repression n
repressive adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	repress - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" quash, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce crush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
	2.	repress - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" muffle, stifle, strangle, smother conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
	3.	repress - put out of one's consciousness suppress psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders forget, bury - dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" swallow - keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
	4.	repress - block the action of change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

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repress

verb 1. control, suppress, hold back, bottle up, check, master, hold in, overcome, curb, restrain, inhibit, overpower, keep in check << OPPOSITE release

verb 2. hold back, suppress, stifle, smother, silence, swallow, muffle

verb 3. subdue, abuse, crush, quash, wrong, persecute, quell, subjugate, maltreat, trample underfoot, tyrannize over, rule with an iron hand << OPPOSITE liberate

Translations

repress [rɪˈprɛs] vt → reprimir

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repress [rɪˈprɛs] vt → réprimer

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repress [rɪˈprɛs] vt → unterdrücken

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repress [rɪˈprɛs] vt → reprimere

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repress

v repress [rəˈpres]

to keep (an impulse, a desire to do something etc) under control He repressed a desire to hit the man. onderdruk يَكْبِت сдържам potlačit undertrykke unterdrücken καταστέλλω, καταπνίγω, καταπιέζω reprimir ohjeldama, talitsema سرکوب کردن hillitä réprimer לְהַדחִיק दबाना, कुचलना svladavati, obuzdati elnyom menahan bæla niður reprimere 抑える 억제하다, 진압하다 nuslopinti, sulaikyti apspiest; apslāpēt memendam onderdrukken holde tilbake, undertrykke pohamować, stłumić reprimir a reprima сдерживать potlačiť potlačiti suzbiti betvinga, hålla tillbaka อดกลั้นไว้ bastırmak 抑制(感情等) придушувати دبانا kiềm chế; đàn áp 抑制（感情等）

n reˈpression [-ʃən]

onderdrukking كَبْت، قَمْع сдържане potlačení undertrykkelse die Unterdrückung καταστολή, καταπίεση represión ohjeldamine, surveavaldus خودداری؛ سرکوبی hillintä répression דִיכּוּי रोक obuzdavanje, zatomljivanje elnyomás penindasan bæling repressione 抑圧 억제, 진압 (nu)slopinimas, represija represija; apspiešana pemendaman onderdrukking beherskelse, undertrykking, fortrenging stłumienie, represje repressão represiune подавление; сдерживание potlačenie, represia zatrtje suzbijanje undertryckande, förträngning, bortträngd impuls, repression ความอดกลั้น bastırma 抑制 придушення; репресія انسداد sự kiềm chế; sự đàn áp 抑制

adj reˈpressive [-siv]

severe; harsh. onderdruk قَمْعي، كَبْتي потиснически potlačovací undertrykkende unterdrückend καταπιεστικός represivo rõhuv سرکوبگر؛ شداد ankara répressif -דִיכּוּי दमनकारी represivan, koji obuzdava elnyomó kejam bælandi repressivo 抑えつける 잔인한, 억압하는 represinis represīvs; bargs terpendam repressief tvangs-, undertrykkende represyjny repressivo re­presiv репрессивный represívny zatiralen represivan repressiv, undertryckande ซึ่งอดกลั้น baskı altına alan 抑制的 репресивний سخت thô bạo; hà khắc 抑制的

n reˈpressiveness

onderdrukkend قَمْعِيَّه، حالَة الكَبْت потисничество potlačování undertrykkelse die Unterdrückung καταπιεστικότητα carácter represivo rõhumine قلع و قمع سازی ankaruus caractère répressif דִיכּוּי दमनकारिता, निरोधात्मकता represivnost elnyomási hajlam kekejaman bæling carattere repressivo 抑圧 잔인함, 압제 represyvumas represivitāte pemendaman onderdrukking det som er undertrykkende represyjność carácter repressivo caracter represiv репрессивность represívnosť zatiralstvo represivnost undertryckande, repression ความอดกลั้น baskı yapma 抑制 репресивність شدت sự thô bạo; sự hà khắc 抑制