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  2. REPRESSION definition: 1. the use of force or violence to control a group of people: 2. the process and effect of keeping…. Learn more.

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      the use of force or violence to control a group of people:...

  3. The meaning of REPRESSION is the action or process of repressing : the state of being repressed. How to use repression in a sentence.

  4. Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people.

  5. the use of force or violence to control a group of people: The political repression in this country is enforced by terror. the process and effect of keeping particular thoughts and wishes out of your conscious mind in order to defend or protect it: an attitude of unhealthy sexual repression. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  6. noun. the act of repressing; state of being repressed. Psychology, Psychoanalysis. the rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses: Freud's approach to interpreting early memories emphasizes what is forgotten through the mechanism of repression.

  7. Repression is a defense mechanism in which people push difficult or unacceptable thoughts out of conscious awareness. Repressed memories were a cornerstone of Freud’s...

  8. Repression is a kind of holding back or holding down. There's repression of feelings (willing yourself not to cry), as well as social repression (where the government limits freedom or shuts out certain groups). Repression is like suppression: you restrain, inhibit, or subdue something.

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