repression

  • 11repression — [ri presh′ən] n. [ME repressioun < ML repressio] 1. a repressing or being repressed 2. Psychiatry a) the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed b) something repressed in this way …

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  • 12repression —    by Claire Colebrook   On the one hand, Deleuze might appear to be a philosopher set against the dominant image of repression, that being repression in its everyday sense and in its technical psychoanalytic sense. At its most general the… …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 13repression —    by Claire Colebrook   On the one hand, Deleuze might appear to be a philosopher set against the dominant image of repression, that being repression in its everyday sense and in its technical psychoanalytic sense. At its most general the… …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 14repression — noun 1 using force to control people ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme, harsh, massive, severe ▪ bloody, brutal, ruthless, violent ▪ …

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  • 15Repression — Unterdrückung * * * Re|pres|si|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Abwehr, Hemmung 2. Unterdrückung [<lat. repressio „das Zurückdrängen“; zu reprimere „zurückdrängen“] * * * Re|pres|si|on, die; , en [frz. répression < lat. repressio, zu: repressum, 2. Part von:… …

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  • 16Répression — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « répression », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) La répression pénale est l acte de… …

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  • 17repression — re|pres|sion [rıˈpreʃən] n [U and C] 1.) when someone does not allow themselves to express feelings or desires which they are ashamed of, especially sexual ones used when you think someone should express these feelings ▪ sexual repression… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18repression — [[t]rɪpre̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] repressions 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl (disapproval) Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people. ...a society conditioned by violence and repression. ...the repressions of the… …

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  • 19répression — (ré prè sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. Action de réprimer. La répression des crimes. Il éclata une révolte ; la répression en fut sanglante. HISTORIQUE    XVIe s. •   Repression, MONET dict.. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. repressum, supin de… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 20repression — noun 1) the repression of the protests Syn: suppression, quashing, subduing, crushing, stamping out 2) political repression Syn: oppression, subjugation, suppression, tyranny, despotism, authoritarianism …

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