REPRESSION
Scrabble letter values: R1E1P3R1E1S1S1I1O1N1 = 12
Definition
- noun a state of forcible subjugation.
- noun (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
- noun the act of repressing.
Examples
- “the long repression of Christian sects”
- “control by holding down”
- “his goal was the repression of insolence”