Meaning of REPRESSION
| Pronunciation: | | ri'preshun
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- [n] the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
- [n] (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- [n] a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"
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| | See Also: | | control, defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction, subjection, subjugation | |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*pres"sion\ (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]pression.]
1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as,
the repression of evil and evil doers.
2. That which represses; check; restraint.
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| | Definition: | | The inhibition of a gene's expression; this is typically caused by the change in the activity of a regulatory protein. |
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