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repression

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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.

re·pression·ist adj.
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Noun1.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"

repression
noun 3. inhibition, control, holding in, restraint, suppression, bottling up
Translations
repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] nrepresión f
repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] repress nrépression f
repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] repress nUnterdrückung f
repression [rɪˈprɛʃən] nrepressione f


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A dignified gravity and repression were maintained at all times.
There was even then in the new circumstance of a people just liberated from every variety of intellectual repression and political oppression, a group of dramatic authors, whose plays were not only delightful to see but delightful to read, working in the good tradition of one of the greatest realists who has ever lived, and producing a drama of vital strength and charm.
He was white to the lips, his whole frame was shaking with the effort of intense repression.
 
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