Meaning & Definition of Repression in English
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Repression
/riprɛʃən/
noun
1. A state of forcible subjugation
- "The long repression of christian sects"
synonym:
- repression
2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
synonym:
- repression
3. The act of repressing
- Control by holding down
- "His goal was the repression of insolence"
synonym:
- repression