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re·pres·sion

(rĭ-prĕsh′ən)

1. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.

2. Psychology The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

re·pres′sion·ist adj.

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repressionist

(rɪˈprɛʃənɪst)

formal an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures

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The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist. 1905; New York: AMS Press, 1969.