What is the meaning of repression?

noun

  • A state of forcible subjugation.
    • usage: "the long repression of Christian sects"
  • 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.
    • usage: "his goal was the repression of insolence"
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