repression
NounUS[ree-presh-uhn]/riˈprɛʃən/3 syllables
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Noun (3)
- a state of forcible subjugation“the long repression of Christian sects”Type of subjugation, subjection
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming consciousType of defense mechanism, defense reaction
- the act of repressing; control by holding down“his goal was the repression of insolence”Type of control
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Re·pres′sion (r?-pr?sh′?n), noun
Origin: Cf. F. répression.
1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
2. That which represses; check; restraint.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54