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repression (n.)
late 14c., repressioun, "restraint, act of subduing," noun of action from repress (v.), or else from Medieval Latin repressionem (nominative repressio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin reprimere. Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957. French répression (15c.) is not early enough.
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Definitions of repression
Dictionary entries near repression
representational
representative
repress
repressed
repressible
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reprieve
reprimand
reprint
reprisal