Found 2 items, similar to Repression.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repression repression n 1: a state of forcible subjugation; “the long repression of Christian sects” 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; “his goal was the repression of insolence”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repression Repression \Re*pres"sion\ (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F. r['e]pression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. [1913 Webster] 2. That which represses; check; restraint. [1913 Webster]