Repression

noun
rɪ'prɛʃən

Noun

  • a state of forcible subjugation

    “the long repression of Christian sects”

    Type of:SubjugationSubjection

  • the act of repressing; control by holding down

    “his goal was the repression of insolence”

    Type of:Control

  • (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

    Type of:DefenceDefense

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