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repression |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repression \Re*pres"sion\ (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F. r['e]pression.] 1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as the repression of evil and evil doers. 2. That which represses; check; restraint. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repression n 1: a state of forcible subjugation; "the repression of Christian sects" 2: the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
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