re|pres|sion

re|pres|sion
re|pres|sion «rih PREHSH uhn», noun.
1. the act of repressing: »

The repression of a laugh made him choke. Fourteen months of military repression…plainly had failed (Newsweek).

2. the condition of being repressed: »

Repression by her strict parents only made her behave worse.

SYNONYM(S): constraint.
3. Psychoanalysis. a defense mechanism by which unacceptable or painful impulses, emotions, or memories are put out of the conscious mind, their energy or effect remaining (according to Freudian theory) in the unconscious, where it influences personality and behavior.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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