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Repression

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Hypernyms of repression

1. (noun) a state of forcible subjugation

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

3. (noun) the act of repressing; control by holding down

Domain Categories of repression

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

Words Derivationally Related to repression

1. (noun) a state of forcible subjugation

2. (noun) the act of repressing; control by holding down