Words · Common
repression
/ɹipˈɹɛʃən/ · 10 letters · 7 distinct letters
- noun
a state of forcible subjugation
the long repression of Christian sects
- noun
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- noun
the act of repressing; control by holding down
his goal was the repression of insolence