repressed
pronunciation
How to pronounce repressed in British English:
UK [rɪˈprest]
How to pronounce repressed in American English:
US [rɪˈprɛst]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
Word Origin
- repressed (adj.)
- 1660s, past participle adjective from repress (v.). Psychological sense by 1904.
Example
- 1. Even in a financially repressed system austerity is not entirely avoidable .
- 2. Many of its political and intellectual leaders were killed or repressed .
- 3. But in each cell only certain genes are expressed ; all others are repressed .
- 4. Ideas that feel good excite , while those that feel bad are repressed .
- 5. Yet consumption is still repressed thanks in part to very low deposit rates , constraints on consumer financing and low wages .