Similar words: depression, suppression, expression, compression, oppression, impression, repress, aggression. Meaning: [rɪ'preʃn] 
n. 1. a state of forcible subjugation 2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious 3. the act of repressing; control by holding down.
n. 1. a state of forcible subjugation 2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious 3. the act of repressing; control by holding down. 
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(151) They wanted to fight all forms of injustice and repression.
(152) For Freud, repression was a defence mechanism - the repressed memories are often traumatic in nature, but, although hidden, they continue to exert an effect on behaviour.
(153) She was young, with a fair , calm face lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength.
(154) Direct primary repression consists of 'an attitude of rejection' on the part of the Central Ego towards the Exciting Object and the Rejecting Object.
(155) Denial, displacement, intellectualization, fantasy, compensation, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression and sublimation were the defense mechanisms Freud identified.
(156) The Thatcher revolution reasserted the wartime values of belligerence, stoicism,[http://sentencedict.com/repression.html] chauvinism and repression.
(157) The repression of hexose catabolite on pentose fermentation could be resolved by controlling the amount of air supply.
(158) We think of it as a time of buttoned-up prudery and repression — and it was — but loosen the corset of 1860s England and out spills the kink.
(159) And with condemnation has come repression, from increased CCTV surveillance to punitive workfare rules.
(160) The results obtained suggested that glucoamylase in this strain is a constitutive enzyme and its formation is controlled by so-called catabolite repression.
(161) Although plant growth was affected by the herbicide, no evidence of repression or derepression was observed.
(162) The defense of the Faith and the repression of heresy is essentially an apostolic and pontifical work.
(163) CME Group trading margins to rise in the short term international crude oil prices have brought a certain amount of repression, but does not change the long-term trend of international crude oil.
(164) Catabolite repression is considered as a main factor controlling yield of cellulases.
(165) This story is just one of hundreds of tales of Francoist repression that have emerged as the result of a citizens' movement to disinter and identify victims.
(166) Repressive regimes make no secret of their secretiveness and their repression.
(167) Acetoin was shown to function as an inducer for the expression of aco genes, whereas glucose exhibited a repression effect.
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