repression

1 a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"

2 (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

3 the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"

English

Noun

1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
2. The rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Repression may refer to:

• Memory inhibition, a critical component of an effective memory system
• Political repression, the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons
• Psychological repression, the psychological act of excluding desires and impulses from one's consciousness
• Repressed memory
• "Repression" (Voyager episode), episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager
• The action of a genetic repressor

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