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repression definition

re·pres·sion (ri pres̸h′ən)

noun

  1. a repressing or being repressed
  2. Psychiatry
    1. the mechanism by which ideas, impulses, etc. are repressed
    2. something repressed in this way

Etymology: ME repressioun < ML repressio

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