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reˈpresser rare.
[f. as prec. + -er1: cf. repressor.]
1. One who, or that which represses.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xx. 130 The Book clepid The Represser of over moche wijting the Clergie. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 56 b, A conquerour of his owne wyll, a represser of Ire, and a pure louer of his ennemy. 1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 26 To speake generally of Action, as it is the represser, so Idlenesse is the producer of all vice. 1951Jrnl. of Personality XIX. 472 Repressers..are patients who avoid contact with such emotional material. They are apt to block in the presence of sexual or aggressive stimuli.
2. = repressor 2.
1957[see repressor 2]. 1971New Scientist 22 July 182/1 Two classes of DNA-switching molecules are known so far in bacteria, one class acts negatively—repressers—and one acts positively, but indirectly—sigma factors. |