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Repression noun {f}

Repression, Repressionen   /ʁepʁɛˈsi̯oːn/
  • Politik: Unterdrückung
  • Psychologie: Verdrängung oder Unterdrückung von unangenehmen Erinnerungen, Gefühlen oder Ängsten
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repression noun

  • The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
 Repression, Unterdrückung
  • (psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
 Verdrängung, Repression

repress verb

  /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
  • (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
 unterdrücken, unterbinden, zurückdrängen

repressive adjective

  • Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
 repressiv
financial repression
Finanzrepression
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