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repression

rep·res·sion

UK/ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/ US/ɹəˈpɹɛʃn̩/ uncommon

noun

1.

a state of forcible subjugation

  • “the long repression of Christian sects”
2.

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

3.

the act of repressing; control by holding down

  • “his goal was the repression of insolence”

Origin

From repress + -ion.

Phrases

  • financial repression
  • transnational repression

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