Repression vs. Suppression

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  • Repression (noun)

    The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

  • Repression (noun)

    The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

  • Suppression (noun)

    The act or instance of suppressing.

  • Suppression (noun)

    The state of being suppressed.

  • Suppression (noun)

    A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

Wiktionary
  • Suppression (noun)

    the action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication

    “the heavy-handed suppression of political dissent”

  • Suppression (noun)

    stoppage or reduction of a discharge or secretion.

  • Suppression (noun)

    the absence or non-development of a part or organ that is normally present.

  • Suppression (noun)

    the cancelling of the effect of one mutation by a second mutation.

  • Suppression (noun)

    the restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful.

  • Suppression (noun)

    the conscious inhibition of unacceptable memories, impulses, or desires.

  • Suppression (noun)

    prevention of electrical interference.

Oxford Dictionary

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