repression
pronunciation
How to pronounce repression in British English:
UK [rɪˈpreʃn]
How to pronounce repression in American English:
US [rɪˈpreʃn]
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- Noun:
- a state of forcible subjugation
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- the act of repressing; control by holding down
Word Origin
- repression (n.)
- late 14c., noun of action from repress (v.), or else from Medieval Latin repressionem (nominative repressio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reprimere. Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957.
Example
- 1. Charges of homosexuality can also be used in political repression .
- 2. Since then , the repression of dissidents has been stepped up .
- 3. Repression in particular has proven to be extremely controversial .
- 4. In light of the crisis , a bit more repression seems desirable .
- 5. There was no repression . There was just life on three dollars a day .