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Repression - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Repression : (noun)
1: a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of
Christian sects"
2: (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects
you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by
preventing them from becoming conscious
3: the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal
was the repression of insolence"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Repression : \Re*pres"sion\ (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]pression.]
1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as,
the repression of evil and evil doers.
2. That which represses; check; restraint.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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