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repressed

[ri-prest]

adjective

  1. subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression.

    repressed emotional conflicts.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonrepressed adjective
  • unrepressed adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of repressed1

First recorded in 1900–05; repress + -ed 2
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For Ciddy, confronting the repressed memory of his suicide attempt in high school was just the beginning of his healing process.

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Is it about the elites’ repressed insecurities over their merits?

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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.

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We can choose to look the other way as political activists are targeted, detained, repressed and deported for their ethnic backgrounds and political views.

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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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