Dictionary Check: repression
"repression" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
a state of forcible subjugation
Example:
"the long repression of Christian sects"
noun
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
noun
the act of repressing; control by holding down
Example:
"his goal was the repression of insolence"
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