REPRESSION

repression

(noun) the act of repressing; control by holding down; “his goal was the repression of insolence”

repression

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

repression

(noun) a state of forcible subjugation; “the long repression of Christian sects”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

From “repress” + “-ion”

Noun

repression (countable and uncountable, plural repressions)

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

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

Anagrams

• erpornises, respersion

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*pres"sion (r-prsh"n), n. Etym: [Cf. F. répression.]

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

2. That which represses; check; restraint.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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