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repressed
[ri-prest]
adjective
subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression.
repressed emotional conflicts.
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonrepressed adjective
- unrepressed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of repressed1
Example Sentences
For Ciddy, confronting the repressed memory of his suicide attempt in high school was just the beginning of his healing process.
Is it about the elites’ repressed insecurities over their merits?
He formally complains to the parish authorities to put an end to “Salome,” but the real crisis comes from the shame and sorrow of Alfie’s repressed life.
We can choose to look the other way as political activists are targeted, detained, repressed and deported for their ethnic backgrounds and political views.
Now, however, there are fresh concerns: while Syria under Assad saw political debates repressed, some worry that repression by clerics could end up forbidding some forms of art seen as anti-religious.
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