repression

See also: répression

English

Etymology

From repress +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

repression (countable and uncountable, plural repressions)

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
History shows that when governments fear the truth and increase repression, their days are limited.
The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Derived terms

Related terms

repress

Translations

act of repressing

Arabic: قَمْع m (qamʕ), كَبْت m (kabt)
Armenian: ռեպրեսիա (hy) (ṙepresia)
Azerbaijani: repressiya, cəza (az)
Belarusian: рэпрэ́сія f (représija), уці́ск m (ucísk), падаўле́нне n (padaŭljénnje)
Bengali: দমন (bn) (domon)
Bulgarian: репре́сия (bg) f (représija), спода́вяне (bg) n (spodávjane)
Catalan: repressió (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎮壓／镇压 (zh) (zhènyā), 壓抑／压抑 (zh) (yāyì), 彈壓／弹压 (zh) (tányā)
Czech: represe f, útisk m
Dutch: repressie (nl) f, onderdrukking (nl) f
Estonian: repressioon
Finnish: tukahdutus (fi), tukahduttaminen (fi), pidättäminen (fi), alustus (fi), sorto (fi)
French: répression (fr) f
Galician: represión (gl)
Georgian: რეპრესია (reṗresia), შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba)
German: Repression (de) f, Unterdrückung (de) f
Greek: καταστολή (el) f (katastolí)
Hebrew: הַדחָקָה (he) f (hadkhaká)
Hindi: दमन (hi) m (daman), दबाव (hi) m (dabāv)
Hungarian: elfojtás (hu), elnyomás (hu)
Italian: repressione (it) f
Japanese: 鎮圧 (ja) (ちんあつ, chin'atsu), 抑圧 (ja) (よくあつ, yokuatsu), 弾圧 (ja) (だんあつ, dan'atsu)
Kazakh: репрессия (repressiä), жаза (kk) (jaza), сүргін (sürgın)
Korean: 진압(鎭壓) (ko) (jinap), 억압(抑壓) (ko) (eogap), 탄압(彈壓) (ko) (tanap)
Kyrgyz: репрессия (repressiya), жазалоо (ky) (jazaloo)
Latvian: represija f
Lithuanian: represija f
Macedonian: репресија f (represija)
Persian: سرکوب (fa) (sarkub)
Polish: represja (pl) f
Portuguese: repressão (pt) f
Romanian: represiune (ro) f
Russian: репре́ссия (ru) f (représsija), подавле́ние (ru) n (podavlénije)
Scottish Gaelic: mùchadh m, ceannsachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: репрѐсија f

Roman: reprèsija (sh) f
Slovak: represia f
Slovene: represija (sl) f
Spanish: represión (es) f
Swedish: förtryck (sv) n, repression (sv) c
Tajik: ҷазо (jazo)
Turkish: baskı (tr)
Turkmen: repressiýa
Ukrainian: репре́сія f (représija), приду́шення n (prydúšennja)
Uyghur: باستۇرۇش (basturush)
Uzbek: repressiya (uz), jazo (uz)
Vietnamese: đàn áp (vi)

involuntary rejection from consciousness

Bulgarian: поти́скане (bg) n (potískane)
Catalan: repressió (ca) f
Finnish: torjunta (fi), repressio
Georgian: შეკავება (šeḳaveba)
German: Verdrängung (de) f
Polish: represja (pl) f
Russian: подавле́ние (ru) n (podavlénije)
Spanish: represión (es) f
Swedish: förträngning (sv) c, repression (sv) c

Anagrams

erpornises, respersion

Swedish

Noun

repression c

repression (act or state of being repressed)
(psychology) repression

Declension

Declension of repression
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	repression	repressionen	repressioner	repressionerna
Genitive	repressions	repressionens	repressioners	repressionernas

Related terms

repressiv

References

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