repression
(noun)
noun
1. a state of forcible subjugation
- the long repression of Christian sects
Definition categories: state, subjection, subjugation
2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
Definition categories: process, defence, defense
3. the act of repressing; control by holding down
- his goal was the repression of insolence