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repression repression definition

repression


 
  Grep  of  noun  repression 
  repression 
 
  Overview  of  noun  repression 
 
  The  noun  repression  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  repression  --  (a  state  of  forcible  subjugation;  "the  long  repression  of  Christian  sects") 
  2.  repression  --  ((psychiatry)  the  classical  defense  mechanism  that  protects  you  from  impulses  or  ideas  that  would  cause  anxiety  by  preventing  them  from  becoming  conscious) 
  3.  repression  --  (the  act  of  repressing;  control  by  holding  down  "his  goal  was  the  repression  of  insolence") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  repression 
 
  The  noun  repression  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  repression  --  (a  state  of  forcible  subjugation;  "the  long  repression  of  Christian  sects") 
  2.  repression  --  ((psychiatry)  the  classical  defense  mechanism  that  protects  you  from  impulses  or  ideas  that  would  cause  anxiety  by  preventing  them  from  becoming  conscious) 
  3.  repression  --  (the  act  of  repressing;  control  by  holding  down  "his  goal  was  the  repression  of  insolence") 



repression definition