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repression::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | subjugation, subjection |
| Derivation | repress |
the long repression of Christian sects.
repression::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense |
repression::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | control |
| Derivation | repress |
his goal was the repression of insolence.
Examples of repression
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For most Romanians, communism has long been synonymous with fear and repression.
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Such an effect on authority can include exposing repression in closed societies.
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Corruption, economic mismanagement, repression and instability will proliferate.
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It not only largely ignores its worst repression, it condones and encourages it.
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Observers say harsh repression is turning obscure critics into rallying figures.
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Don't mistake oppression and its endogenous partner, repression, for depression.
From the guardian.co.uk
How could it help people suffering under repression from a fascist dictatorship?
From the guardian.co.uk
The Taliban were condemned internationally for their brutal repression of women.
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The anarchist movement in China begins slow decline due to communist repression.
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- A state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- The act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
- (repress) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
- (repress) smother: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- (repress) suppress: put out of one's consciousness
- Psychological repression, also psychic repression or simply repression, is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel its own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts.Laplanche pp. ...
- "Repressed" is a single by Apocalyptica, released on May 19, 2006.
- The act of repressing; state of being repressed; The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses
