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Repression logo #10101) Act of subduing 2) Bondage 3) Burden 4) Containment 5) Control 6) Control by holding down 7) Defence mechanism 8) Inhibition 9) Oppression 10) Restraint 11) Subjection 12) Subjugation 13) Suppression 14) The act of repressing
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Repression logo #10101) Despotism 2) Domination 3) Totalitarianism 4) Tyranny
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repression logo #10444
  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 logo #21841decreasing the rate of gene expression.
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Repression logo #21002• (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 logo #21003(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 logo #21003in 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 logo #20408The psychodynamic theory of forgetting. Holds that memories can be deliberately lost/suppressed if they contain ego-threatening material.
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repression logo #20973The 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 logo #21001(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 logo #22394defense mechanism in which unacceptable affects, ideas or wishes are pushed away so that they remain
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Repression logo #10444The 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 logo #20972Re·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 logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-presh′ŭn Definitions: 1. In psychotherapy, the active process or defense mechanism of keeping out and ejecting and banishing from consciousness those ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to the ego or superego. 2. Decreased expression of some gene product.
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repression logo #20400[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 logo #20974 noun the act of repressing; control by holding down; `his goal was the repression of insolence`
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repression logo #21221In psychology, a mental process that ejects and excludes from consciousness ideas, impulses, or memories that would otherwise threaten emotional stability. In the Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud's early writing, repression is controlled by the censor, a hypothetical mechanism or agency that allows ideas, memories, and so on from the unconsc...
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Repression logo #22842The basic defense mechanism by which painful or guilt-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories are excluded from conscious awareness.
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Repression logo #23815A defense mechanism that involves keeping unpleasant thoughts, memories, and feelings shut up in the unconscious.
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repression logo #23665[Novel words] control by holding down
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