repression

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a state of forcible subjugation
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

From repress + -ion.

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy. — A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
(1625-1649) Puritanism grew stronger through repression. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
Was he concentric with infraction and repression? — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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