repression
21repression — noun 1) the repression of the protests Syn: suppression, quashing, subduing, crushing, stamping out 2) political repression Syn: oppression, subjugation, suppression, tyranny, authoritarianism …
22repression — /ri presh euhn/, n. 1. the act of repressing; state of being repressed. 2. Psychoanal. the rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. [1325 75; ME repressioun < ML repression (s. of repressio) …
23Répression — LÉNINE (Vladimir Illitch Oulianov, dit) Bio express : Homme d État et théoricien révolutionnaire russe (1870 1924) «La démocratie pour l immense majorité du peuple et la répression par la force de l activité des exploiteurs, des… …
24repression — n. (to live) under repression * * * [rɪ preʃ(ə)n] (to live) under repression …
25repression — noun 1 (U) very strong control of feelings or desires which you are ashamed of, until you no longer know that you have them: years of sexual repression 2 (U) cruel and severe control of a large group of people: fleeing from repression 3 (C) an… …
26repression — noun 1. a state of forcible subjugation (Freq. 1) the long repression of Christian sects • Derivationally related forms: ↑repress • Hypernyms: ↑subjugation, ↑subjection 2. (psy …
27repression — noun Date: 1533 1. a. the action or process of repressing ; the state of being repressed < repression of unpopular opinions > b. an instance of repressing < racial repressions > 2. a. a mental process by which distressing thoughts, memories, or… …
28RÉPRESSION — s. f. Action de réprimer. La répression des crimes, des délits, des abus …
29RÉPRESSION — n. f. Action de réprimer. La répression des crimes, des délits, des abus …
30repression — 1. In psychotherapy, the active process or defense mechanism of keeping out and ejecting and banishing from consciousness those ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to the ego or superego. 2. Decreased expression of some gene product. [L. re… …
