repressed
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adjective
subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
2.
to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
3.
to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
4.
to reduce (persons) to subjection.
5.
Psychoanalysis. to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
verb (used without object)
6.
to initiate or undergo repression.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English repressen < Latin repressus (past participle of reprimere), equivalent to re- re- + pressus, past participle of primere to press1
1325–75; Middle English repressen < Latin repressus (past participle of reprimere), equivalent to re- re- + pressus, past participle of primere to press1
Related forms
re·press·i·ble, adjective
non·re·press·i·ble, adjective
non·re·press·i·ble·ness, noun
non·re·press·i·b·ly, adverb
o·ver·re·press, verb (used with object)
Antonyms
1–4. foster.
1–4. foster.
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repress (rɪˈprɛs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain: to repress a desire |
| 2. | to put into a state of subjugation: to repress a people |
| 3. | psychoanal to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind |
| [C14: from Latin reprimere to press back, from | |
| re'presser | |
| —n | |
| re'pressible | |
| —adj | |
| repressed (rɪˈprɛst) | |
| —adj | |
| (of a person) repressing feelings, instincts, desires, etc | |
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Word Origin & History
repress
late 14c., "to check, restrain," from L. repressus, pp. of reprimere "hold back, check," from re- "back" + premere "to push" (see press (v.1)). Used of feelings or desires from late 14c.; in the purely psychological sense, it represents Ger. verdrängen (Freud, 1893),
first attested 1904 (implied in repressed). Meaning "to put down" (a rebellion, etc.) is from late 15c. Related: Repressed; repressing.
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Medical Dictionary
repress re·press (rĭ-prěs')
v. re·pressed, re·press·ing, re·press·es
To hold back by an act of volition.
To exclude something from the conscious mind.
repressed adj.
Being subjected to or characterized by repression.
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Example sentences
We share her feelings of being alone, fearful, frustrated and repressed.
The tragedy here is that a magic potion has unleashed something best left repressed.
Time and again, repressed squatter movements have turned to insurrection.
The government's critics are repressed and the press is tightly controlled.
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