noun : REPRESSION
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects" ;
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2. (
) (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious ;
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3. (
) the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence" ;
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