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re⋅pres⋅sion

  [ri-presh-uhn]
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–noun
1. the act of repressing; state of being repressed.
2. Psychoanalysis. the rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
Origin:
1325–75; ME repressioun < ML repressiōn- (s. of repressiō), LL: suppression. See repress, -ion
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re·pres·sion   (rĭ-prěsh'ən)   
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·pres'sion·ist adj.
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Repression

Re*pres"sion\ (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F. r['e]pression.]

1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

2. That which represses; check; restraint.
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Main Entry: re·pres·sion
Pronunciation: ri-'presh-&n
Function: noun
1 : the action or process of repressing repression>
2 a : a process by which unacceptable desires or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious —compare SUPPRESSION c b : an item so excluded
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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repression re·pres·sion (rĭ-prěsh'ən)
n.

  1. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.
  2. The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

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