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English noun: repression | |||
| 1. | repression (state) a state of forcible subjugation | ||
| Samples | The long repression of Christian sects. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | subjection, subjugation | ||
| 2. | repression (process) (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 3. | repression (act) the act of repressing; control by holding down | ||
| Samples | His goal was the repression of insolence. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | control | ||
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