ALL meanings of repression
re·pres·sion
R r - noun repression restriction, suppression 1
- noun repression psychology: denial 1
- noun repression oppression: of people 1
- noun repression the act of repressing; state of being repressed. 1
- noun repression Psychoanalysis. the rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. 1
- uncountable noun repression Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people. 0
- uncountable noun repression Repression of feelings, especially sexual ones, is a person's unwillingness to allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires. 0
- noun repression the act or process of repressing or the condition of being repressed 0
- noun repression the subconscious rejection of thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct 0
- noun repression a repressing or being repressed 0
- noun repression the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed 0
- noun repression something repressed in this way 0