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repression meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of repression at MeaningMonkey.org. repression meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.REPRESSION noun
Definition of repression (noun)
- a state of forcible subjugation
- "the long repression of Christian sects"
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- the act of repressing; control by holding down
- "his goal was the repression of insolence"
Source: Princeton University Wordnet