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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•press /rɪˈprɛs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Psychologyto check or inhibit (actions or desires):repressed a sneeze.
- to hold down and control (persons) unfairly or evilly:to repress one's civil rights.
- Psychologyto keep down or hold back (memories, emotions, or impulses) unconsciously:to repress his fantasies.
re•pres•sion /rɪˈprɛʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] re•pres•sive, adj. See -press-. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: repress /rɪˈprɛs/ vb (transitive)- to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain
- to put into a state of subjugation: to repress a people
- to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin reprimere to press back, from re- + premere to press1reˈpresser n reˈpressible adj re-press (rē′pres′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to press again or anew.
re•press (ri pres′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
- to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
- to reduce (persons) to subjection.
- Psychiatryto reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
v.i. - to initiate or undergo repression.
- Latin repressus (past participle of reprimere), equivalent. to re- re- + pressus, past participle of primere to press1
- Middle English repressen 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bridle, control. See check.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged subdue, quash.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged crush.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –4. foster.
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