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   repress

   /rɪˈprɛs/

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   • 1. subdue (someone or something) by force: "the uprisings were repressed" Similar suppressquellquashsubdueput downput an end tocrushsquashextinguishstamp output a stop tostopendnip in the buddefeatconquerroutoverpoweroverwhelmtriumph overtrouncevanquishget the better ofcontaingain control overgain mastery overinformal:squelchoppresssubjugatehold downkeep downrule with a rod of ironrule with an iron handdominateintimidatemasterdomineer overtyrannizesubjectcrushoverpowerovercome
   • ▪ restrain, prevent, or inhibit (the expression or development of something): "Isabel couldn't repress a sharp cry of fear"
   • ▪ suppress (a thought or desire) so that it becomes or remains unconscious: "the thought that he had killed his brother was so terrible that he repressed it" Similar restrainhold backkeep backhold inbite backsuppressfight backkeep in checkcheckcontrolkeep under controlcurbrein incontainsilencemufflestiflesmotherswallowchoke backstranglegagconcealhidebottle upinhibitfrustrateinformal:button upkeep the lid oncork upOpposite releaseexpress
   • ▪ prevent the transcription of (a gene).

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘keep back something objectionable’): from Latin repress- ‘pressed back, checked’, from the verb reprimere, from re- ‘back’ + premere ‘to press’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. represser noun
   • 2. repressible adjective

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   What does repress mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of REPRESS is to check by or as if by pressure : curb. How to use repress in a sentence.

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   What does repression mean in psychology?

   • to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable). to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.). to reduce (persons) to subjection. Psychology, Psychoanalysis. to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind. to initiate or undergo repression.

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   Why do you repress your feelings?

   • That's why you repressed your feelings. Anger is usually repressed and emerges only as frustration and hopelessness, a disbelief in the ability to control one's own destiny. In the presence of zinc excess, the associated import transporters are repressed, giving way to a reversed export system.

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   What makes repress different from press?

   • What makes repress different from press is that repress is almost always used when you're talking about an idea, concept or something intangible. In other words, you repress, say, your emotions. You don't repress olives to get olive oil.

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb repress, which can mean to check, subdue, hold in, or exclude from consciousness. See also the related word re-press, which means to press again.

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   Repress means to prevent something, especially feelings, from being expressed or to control what people do, especially by using force. Learn more about the verb repress, its synonyms, related words, and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Repress means to prevent something, especially feelings, from being expressed or to control what people do, especially by using force. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms and usage of repress with examples from various sources.

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   To repress something is to "press it down" where it can't be seen, heard or even recognized. Psychologists often try to help people recover memories that they've repressed so that they can feel free of them once and for all.

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   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.

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   Repress means to try not to have or show an emotion, a feeling, etc., or to use force to control a group of people. Learn how to use this verb with synonyms, pronunciation, pictures and extra examples.

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   Repress means to keep under control, check, or suppress something, such as feelings, actions, or ideas. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of repress from Collins English Dictionary.