Look up: repression

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   Repression
   The process by which the synthesis of an enzyme is inhibited by the presence of an external substance, the repressor protein.
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   repression
   [n] - a state of forcible subjugation 2. [n] - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious 3. [n] - the act of repressing
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   Repression
   The psychodynamic theory of forgetting. Holds that memories can be deliberately lost/suppressed if they contain ego-threatening material.
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   repression
   the active rejection by the superego of unacceptable instinctual impulses Category: Medicine • the exclusion of specific psychological activities or contents from conscious awareness by a process of which the individual is not directly aware. Category: Medicine
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   Repression
   Re·pres'sion noun [ Confer French répression .] 1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. 2. That which represses; check; restraint.
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   repression
   The inhibition of a gene's expression, this is typically caused by the change in the activity of a regulatory protein. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   repression
   noun the act of repressing; control by holding down; `his goal was the repression of insolence`
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   repression
   noun (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
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   repression
   noun a state of forcible subjugation; `the long repression of Christian sects`
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    Repression
    `Repression` may refer to: * Memory inhibition, a critical component of an effective memory system * Political repression, the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons * Psychological repression, the psychological act of excluding desires and impulses from one's consciousness * Repressed memory * `Repression` (`Voyager` episode), episode of the science fiction television series `Star Trek: Voyager` * The action o...
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    repression
    (re-presh´әn) the act of restraining, inhibiting, or suppressing. a type of defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously banishes unacceptable ideas, feelings or impulses from consciousness. The person is typically unaware of “forgetting” unpleasant situations as a way of avoiding co...
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    Repression
    • (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. • (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
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    repression
    (from the article `memory`) Interference theory also fails to account for some pathological forms of forgetting. Repression as observed in psychiatric practice, for example, ... 1. Repression is the withdrawal from consciousness of an unwanted idea, affect, or desire by pushing it down, or repressing it, into the unconscious ... ...b...
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    repression
    in metabolism, a control mechanism in which a protein molecule, called a repressor, prevents the synthesis of an enzyme by binding to—and thereby ... [4 related articles]
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    repression
    
    1. a state of forcible subjugation
    2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
    
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    repression
    repression, in psychology: see defense mechanism; psychoanalysis.
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