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repression noun

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

repress verb

  /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
  • (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
  • (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
 bedwingen
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