repression
The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
Noun
- The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.
- The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English repression From repress + -ion.
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antirepression autorepression corepression crossrepression derepression financial repression hyperrepression nonrepression overrepression repressionary repressionism repressionist transnational repression transrepression