Definitions for repression
rɪˈprɛʃ ənre·pres·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repressionnoun

   a state of forcible subjugation

   "the long repression of Christian sects"

2. repressionnoun

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

3. repressionnoun

   the act of repressing; control by holding down

   "his goal was the repression of insolence"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. repressionnoun

   The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

2. repressionnoun

   The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Repressionnoun

   Act of repressing.

   Etymology: from repress.

   No declaration from myself could take place, for the due repression of these tumults. Charles I .

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Repressionnoun

   the act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers

2. Repressionnoun

   that which represses; check; restraint

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. rpression.]

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1. Repression

   "Repression" is the 150th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, the fourth episode of the seventh season of the series.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Repression

   The active mental process of keeping out and ejecting, banishing from consciousness, ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it.

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1. Repression

   Suppression vs. Repression -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Suppression and Repression.

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Psychiatry
   • Subjugation

How to pronounce repression?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say repression in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of repression in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of repression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of repression in a Sentence

1. President Biden on Monday:

   We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba's authoritarian regime, the Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights.

2. Moscow Dan Hoffman:

   In Russia, right now, if you either protest or spill out what they call ‘fake news,’ which is calling Russia’s war a war instead of a special military operation, you go to jail for 15 years, they’ve increased the repression at home.

3. Michel Matos:

   We talked about freedom of expression, freedom of association, censorship and physical repression, i don’t think there has been a dialogue like this in a ministerial space in 60 years.

4. Timothy Kaldas:

   What were the three main pillars that he promised? Stability, economic growth and security and he has failed on all three counts, so they are doubling down... If they can get away with expanding their repression against high-level targets and keep people in line, why wouldn't they?

5. Maria Werlau:

   If Amazon is removing the Confederate flag from its offerings, the logical and principled decision is to stop selling any promotional material, including T-shirts, of Che Guevara or any mass killer, it is very painful particularly to the loved ones of Guevara's victims as well as offensive to the Cuban people who continue to suffer repression and abhorrent human rights' abuses by the system Che Guevara helped create and direct.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=repression
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Repression
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=repression
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repression
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=repression