REPRESSION

Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 14

Scrabble letter values: R1E1P3R1E1S1S1I1O1N1 = 12

Definition

  1. noun a state of forcible subjugation.
  2. noun (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
  3. noun the act of repressing.

Examples

  • “the long repression of Christian sects”
  • “control by holding down”
  • “his goal was the repression of insolence”

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