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repression
noun
1 repression
A state of forcible subjugation.
Roget 179:
counteraction,
opposition;
contrariety
etc.
14;
antagonism,
polarity;
clashing
etc.
v.;
collision,
interference,
inhibition,
resistance,
renitency,
friction;
reaction;
retroaction
etc.
(recoil)
277;
counterblast†;
neutralization
etc.
(compensation)
30;
vis inertiae [Lat.];
check
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
voluntary opposition
etc.
708,
voluntary resistance
etc.
719;
repression
etc.
(restraint)
751.
opposites,
action and reaction,
yang and yin,
yang-yin
(contrariety)
14.
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Roget 751:
restraint;
hindrance
etc.
706;
coercion
etc.
(compulsion)
744;
cohibition†,
constraint,
repression,
suppression;
discipline,
control.
confinement;
durance,
duress;
imprisonment;
incarceration,
coarctation†,
entombment,
mancipation†,
durance vile,
limbo,
captivity;
blockade.
arrest,
arrestation†;
custody,
keep,
care,
charge,
ward,
restringency†.
curb
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
lettres de cachet [Fr.].
limitation,
restriction,
protection,
monopoly;
prohibition
etc.
761.
prisoner
etc.
754;
repressionist†.
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Polish: przeĊladowanie, represja, terror, ucisk
2 repression
psychiatry The classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
Dutch: repressie, verdringing
3 repression
The act of repressing; control by holding down.
Polish: represjonowanie
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