English-Thai Dictionary

repression

N ความอดกลั้น  การ ข่มอารมณ์  constraint suppression kwam-aod-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPRESSION

n. 1. The act of subduing; as the repression of tumults.
2. Check; restraint.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPRESSION

Re *pres "sion (r-prsh "n ), n. Etym: [Cf. F. répression.]

 

1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

 

2. That which represses; check; restraint.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

repression

re pres sion |riˈpreSHən rɪˈpreʃn | ▶noun the action of subduing someone or something by force. • the restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.: the repression of anger can be positively harmful. • the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious.

 

Oxford Dictionary

repression

re |pres ¦sion |rɪˈprɛʃən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of subduing someone or something by force. • the restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc.: the repression of anger can be positively harmful. • the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

repression

repression noun 1 the repression of the protests: suppression, quashing, subduing, crushing, stamping out. 2 political repression: oppression, subjugation, suppression, tyranny, despotism, authoritarianism. 3 the repression of sexual urges: restraint, restraining, holding back, keeping back, suppression, keeping in check, control, keeping under control, stifling, bottling up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

repression

repression noun 1 the brutal repression of the peaceful protests: suppression, quelling, quashing, subduing, crushing, squashing, stamping out; informal squelching. 2 20 years of militarism and political repression: oppression, subjugation, suppression, domination, tyranny, subjection, despotism, dictatorship, authoritarianism; censorship. ANTONYMS freedom, liberty. 3 the repression of sexual urges: restraint, restraining, holding back, keeping back, biting back, suppression, keeping in check, control, keeping under control, stifling, smothering, bottling up; inhibition, frustration. ANTONYMS expression.

 

Duden Dictionary

Repression

Re pres si on Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |Repressi o n |die Repression; Genitiv: der Repression, Plural: die Repressionen französisch répression < lateinisch repressio, zu: repressum, 2. Part von: reprimere = zurückdrängen [gewaltsame ] Unterdrückung von Kritik, Widerstand, politischen Bewegungen, individueller Entfaltung, individuellen Bedürfnissen

 

repressionsfrei

re pres si ons frei Adjektiv |repressi o nsfrei |

 

Repressionsinstrument

Re pres si ons in s t ru ment , Re pres si ons in stru ment Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Repressi o nsinstrument |etwas, was der Repression dient

 

French Dictionary

répression

répression n. f. nom féminin Action de réprimer. : La répression de la vente d ’hallucinogènes.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

repression

re pres sion /rɪpréʃ (ə )n /名詞 ｟かたく ｠1 U (暴動などの )鎮圧 .2 U (感情などの )抑圧, 抑止 ; 〘心 〙抑圧 .3 C 抑圧された感情 [本能 ].