repression — 英語辞典

名詞

1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

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   例文

   History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.

   The most powerful educative force in the new society was, however, the system of police repression.

2. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

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名詞

1. a state of forcible subjugation

   上位語

   subjugationsubjection

   例文

   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

   上位語

   defense mechanismdefense reactiondefence mechanismdefence reactiondefensedefence

3. the act of repressing; control by holding down

   上位語

   control

   例文

   his goal was the repression of insolence