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Repression

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Noun

1. repression

a state of forcible subjugation

Example Sentences:
'the long repression of Christian sects'

2. repression

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

3. repression

the act of repressing; control by holding down

Example Sentences:
'his goal was the repression of insolence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Repression

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noun
1. 
the act or process of repressing or the condition of being repressed
2. psychoanalysis
the subconscious rejection of thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct
suppression (sense 2)

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Repression

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noun
1. 
a repressing or being repressed
2.  Psychiatry
a. 
the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed
b. 
something repressed in this way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Repression

see synonyms of repression
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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