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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")
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