Associations to the word «Repression»
Noun
- Freud
- Dictatorship
- Stalin
- Purge
- Brutality
- Transcription
- Dissent
- Censorship
- Regime
- Deportation
- Mrna
- Psychoanalysis
- Activation
- Uprising
- Anarchist
- Persecution
- Suppression
- Insurrection
- Communism
- Bolshevik
- Inhibition
- Sigmund
- Kurd
- Junta
- Oppression
- Unrest
- Fascism
- Hysteria
- Denial
- Intolerance
- Genes
- Torture
- Sexuality
- Genocide
- Promoter
- Amnesty
- Homosexual
- Intellectual
- Reprisal
- Communist
- Fascist
- Induction
- Apartheid
- Glucose
- Activist
- Marxist
- Heresy
- Revolt
- Solidarity
- Inquisition
- Victim
- Guerrilla
- Mussolini
- Coercion
- Insurgency
- Belarus
- Amnesia
- Protest
- Violence
- Phosphorylation
- Demonstrator
- Mobilization
- Forgetting
- Dictator
- Soviet
- Rebellion
- Gene
- Binding
Adjective
Wiktionary
REPRESSION, noun. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
REPRESSION, noun. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
Dictionary definition
REPRESSION, noun. A state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects".
REPRESSION, noun. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
REPRESSION, noun. The act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.