repression

See also: répression

English

Etymology

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Noun

repression (countable and uncountable, plural repressions)

1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
2. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Derived terms

• antirepression
• autorepression
• corepression
• derepression
• repressionary
• repressionism
• transrepression

 

Related terms

• repress

Translations

act of repressing

• Catalan: repressió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎮壓／镇压 (zh) (zhènyā), 镇压 (zh) (zhènyā), 壓抑／压抑 (zh) (yāyì), 压抑 (zh) (yāyì)

• French: répression (fr) f
• Galician: represión (gl)
• Georgian: რეპრესია (reṗresia), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba)
• German: Repression (de) f
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• Japanese: 鎮圧 (ja) (ちんあつ, chin'atsu), 抑圧 (ja) (よくあつ, yokuatsu)
• Portuguese: repressão (pt) f
• Russian: репре́ссия (ru) f (représsija), подавле́ние (ru) n (podavlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mùchadh m, ceannsachadh m
• Spanish: represión (es) f
• Swedish: förtryck (sv) n

involuntary rejection from consciousness

• Catalan: repressió (ca) f
• Georgian: შეკავება (šeḳaveba)
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• Spanish: represión (es) f
• Swedish: förträngning (sv) c

Anagrams

• erpornises, respersion