REPRESSION

Definition:

1. [noun] a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"
   
   
2. [noun] (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
   
   
3. [noun] the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
   
   

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