Meanings
nounrepression (countable and uncountable, plural repressions)
plural repressions
- countableuncountableThe act of repressing; state of being repressed.
History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.
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The most powerful educative force in the new society was, however, the system of police repression.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52 - countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
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Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishpress
- Englishrepress
- Englishrepression
Translations
Arabic قَمْع, كَبْت
- قَمْع (qamʕ)act of repressing
- كَبْت (kabt)act of repressing
Bengali দমন
- দমন (domon)act of repressing
Bulgarian репре́сия, спода́вяне
- репре́сия (représija)act of repressing
- спода́вяне (spodávjane)act of repressing
- поти́скане (potískane)psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Catalan repressió, repressió
- repressióact of repressing
- repressiópsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Chinese Mandarin 鎮壓 /镇压, 壓抑 /压抑
- 鎮壓 /镇压 (zhènyā)act of repressing
- 壓抑 /压抑 (yāyì)act of repressing
- 彈壓 /弹压 (tányā)act of repressing
Czech represe, útisk
- represeact of repressing
- útiskact of repressing
Dutch repressie, onderdrukking
- repressieact of repressing
- onderdrukkingact of repressing
- verdringingpsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Estonian repressioon
- repressioonact of repressing
Finnish tukahdutus, tukahduttaminen
- tukahdutusact of repressing
- tukahduttaminenact of repressing
- pidättäminenact of repressing
- alustusact of repressing
- sortoact of repressing
- torjuntapsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
- repressiopsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
French répression
- répressionact of repressing
German Repression, Unterdrückung
- Repressionact of repressing
- Unterdrückungact of repressing
- Verdrängungpsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Greek καταστολή
- καταστολή (katastolí)act of repressing
Hebrew הַדחָקָה
- הַדחָקָה (hadkhaká)act of repressing
Hindi दमन, दबाव
- दमन (daman)act of repressing
- दबाव (dabāv)act of repressing
Hungarian elfojtás, elnyomás
- elfojtásact of repressing
- elnyomásact of repressing
- elfojtáspsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Indonesian represi
- represiact of repressing
Italian repressione
- repressioneact of repressing
Japanese 鎮圧, 抑圧
- 鎮圧 (chin'atsu)act of repressing
- 抑圧 (yokuatsu)act of repressing
- 弾圧 (dan'atsu)act of repressing
Korean 진압, 억압
- 진압 (jinap)act of repressing
- 억압 (eogap)act of repressing
- 탄압 (tanap)act of repressing
Latvian represija
- represijaact of repressing
Lithuanian represija
- represijaact of repressing
Persian سرکوب
- سرکوب (sarkub)act of repressing
Polish represja, represja
- represjaact of repressing
- represjapsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Portuguese repressão
- repressãoact of repressing
Romanian represiune
- represiuneact of repressing
Russian репре́ссия, подавле́ние
- репре́ссия (représsija)act of repressing
- подавле́ние (podavlénije)act of repressing
- подавле́ние (podavlénije)psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Scottish Gaelic mùchadh, ceannsachadh
- mùchadhact of repressing
- ceannsachadhact of repressing
Slovak represia
- represiaact of repressing
Spanish represión, represión
- represiónact of repressing
- represiónpsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Swedish förtryck, repression
- förtryckact of repressing
- repressionact of repressing
- förträngningpsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
- repressionpsychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
Turkish baskı
- baskıact of repressing
Ukrainian репре́сія, приду́шення
- репре́сія (représija)act of repressing
- приду́шення (prydúšennja)act of repressing
Vietnamese đàn áp
- đàn ápact of repressing
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