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repression en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/
  • [ɹəˈpɹɛʃn̩]
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English repression From repress + -ion.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
    • History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.
    • The most powerful educative force in the new society was, however, the system of police repression. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Forms

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Deriveds

repressionary · nonrepression · transnational repression · repressionism · transrepression · hyperrepression · derepression · crossrepression · antirepression · autorepression · repressionist · overrepression · financial repression · corepression

Relateds

repress · suppression

Translations (90)

fi tukahduttaminen (act of repressing) · cmn 壓抑 /压抑 (act of repressing) · fi alustus (act of repressing) · ky жазалоо (act of repressing) · tk repressiýa (act of repressing) · cs útisk (act of repressing) · fi torjunta (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · fa سرکوب (act of repressing) · ru репре́ссия (act of repressing) · ca repressió (act of repressing) · ca repressió (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · kk сүргін (act of repressing) · nl verdringing (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · bg поти́скане (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · fr répression (act of repressing) · az cəza (act of repressing) · pt repressão (act of repressing) · ja 抑圧 (act of repressing) · cmn 彈壓 /弹压 (act of repressing) · cmn 鎮壓 /镇压 (act of repressing) · bg спода́вяне (act of repressing) · fi tukahdutus (act of repressing) · hu elnyomás (act of repressing) · ka რეპრესია (act of repressing) · ka შევიწროება (act of repressing) · ky репрессия (act of repressing) · vi đàn áp (act of repressing) · mk репресија (act of repressing) · sv repression (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · gl represión (act of repressing) · tg ҷазо (act of repressing) · uk репре́сія (act of repressing) · sv förtryck (act of repressing) · he הַדחָקָה (act of repressing) · kk жаза (act of repressing) · de Verdrängung (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · lv represija (act of repressing) · fi repressio (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · be рэпрэ́сія (act of repressing) · sv förträngning (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · ko 진압 (act of repressing) · ja 弾圧 (act of repressing) · ka შეკავება (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · de Repression (act of repressing) · ug باستۇرۇش (act of repressing) · sv repression (act of repressing) · sk represia (act of repressing) · tr baskı (act of repressing) · nl onderdrukking (act of repressing) · sh репрѐсија (act of repressing) · ko 탄압 (act of repressing) · hu elfojtás (act of repressing) · sl represija (act of repressing) · sh reprèsija (act of repressing) · be уці́ск (act of repressing) · ru подавле́ние (act of repressing) · fi sorto (act of repressing) · kk репрессия (act of repressing) · fi pidättäminen (act of repressing) · bn দমন (act of repressing) · pl represja (act of repressing) · bg репре́сия (act of repressing) · nl repressie (act of repressing) · be падаўле́нне (act of repressing) · hi दमन (act of repressing) · az repressiya (act of repressing) · uz repressiya (act of repressing) · ru подавле́ние (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · lt represija (act of repressing) · ja 鎮圧 (act of repressing) · hu elfojtás (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · uk приду́шення (act of repressing) · gd ceannsachadh (act of repressing) · ro represiune (act of repressing) · el καταστολή (act of repressing) · hi दबाव (act of repressing) · ar قَمْع (act of repressing) · id represi (act of repressing) · gd mùchadh (act of repressing) · pl represja (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness) · it repressione (act of repressing) · de Unterdrückung (act of repressing) · cs represe (act of repressing) · hy ռեպրեսիա (act of repressing) · uz jazo (act of repressing) · ar كَبْت (act of repressing) · et repressioon (act of repressing) · es represión (act of repressing) · ko 억압 (act of repressing) · es represión (psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness)