Repression
nounid
118531·updated May 18, 2026verified
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
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- plural
- Repressions
- possessive
- Repression's
- pluralpossessive
- Repressions'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of repressing
- §2
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- §3
- a state of forcible subjugation
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