Repression - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈpreʃn|
Brit.
|rɪˈpreʃən|
noun
- a state of forcible subjugation
- the act of repressing; control by holding down
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
Extra examples
They survived 60 years of political repression.
They need not stimulation, but repression.
People are fighting against repression and injustice.
History shows that the usual response to violent protest is repression.
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