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English to English noun
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a state of forcible subjugation |  | Example: the long repression of Christian sects
source: wordnet30
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(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious | | source: wordnet30
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the act of repressing; control by holding down | | Example: his goal was the repression of insolence
source: wordnet30
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The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. | | source: webster1913
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