Repression
[rɪ'preʃən] or [rɪ'prɛʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of repressing; control by holding down; 'his goal was the repression of insolence'.
(noun.) (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
(noun.) a state of forcible subjugation; 'the long repression of Christian sects'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
(n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Suppression.
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Examples
- Long periods of slowness and stagnation have alternated with shorter or longer periods of prolific growth, and these with seasons of slumber and repression. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had naturally repressed much, and some revulsion might have been expected in him when the occasion for repression was gone. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Repression is an insignificant part of its work; the use of the club can never be applauded, though it may be tolerated _faute de mieux_. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Repression is the only lasting philosophy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There is only one meaning in this: the Commission realized vaguely that repression is not even the first step to a cure. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She is afraid I shall speak what will require some stern repression. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But there is the seed of an invention in it which might convert the police from mere agents of repression to kindly helpers in the mazes of a city. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mine were days of wholesome repression, punishment, and fear. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But at the head of the report in black-faced type we read: Constant and persistent repression of prostitution the immediate method; absolute annihilation the ultimate ideal. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What the Commission advocates is the constant repression and the ultimate annihilation of a mode of life which refuses discovery and measurement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What turn,' said Bradley, with an effort at self-repression that forced him to wipe his face, 'did his insolence take to-day? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So long as the state is conceived merely as an agent of repression, the less it interferes with our lives, the better. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No emotional appeal is made for them as there is for the repressions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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