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repress
[ri-pres]
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
Antonyms:to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:to reduce (persons) to subjection.
Synonyms:Antonyms:Psychology, Psychoanalysis.Ģżto reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
verb (used without object)
to initiate or undergo repression.
repress
/ °łÉŖĖ±č°łÉ²õ /
verb
to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain
to repress a desire
to put into a state of subjugation
to repress a people
psychoanal to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- repressible adjective
- nonrepressible adjective
- nonrepressibleness noun
- nonrepressibly adverb
- overrepress verb (used with object)
- unrepressible adjective
- °ł±šĖ±č°ł±š²õ²õ±š°ł noun
- °ł±šĖ±č°ł±š²õ²õ¾±²ś±ō±š adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of repress1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For Ciddy, confronting the repressed memory of his suicide attempt in high school was just the beginning of his healing process.
The worry for Mavka and people close to her is that if Kyiv does agree a ceasefire it could mean Russia pursuing the same policy as in Crimea, erasing Ukrainian identity and repressing the population.
Is it about the elitesā repressed insecurities over their merits?
He formally complains to the parish authorities to put an end to āSalome,ā but the real crisis comes from the shame and sorrow of Alfieās repressed life.
The sanctions were previously imposed on people involved in repressing civilians in Syria, as well as those supporting or benefitting from the Assad regime.
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