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ən 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.
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| repression | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of repressing or the condition of being repressed |
| 2. | psychoanal See suppression the subconscious rejection of thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct |
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repression re·pres·sion (rĭ-prěsh'ən)
n.
The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.
The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.
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Example sentences
But repression is hardly the way a successful, modern power wants to govern.
Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression.
But if repression comes into play they experience disgust for eating and evince hysterical vomiting.
But it has to begin somewhere and, to happen at all, has to come before the next bout of repression.
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