Australian English Meaning of repressions

suppressions

Other Australian English words related to suppressions

Definitions and Meaning of repressions in English

repressions

a process of the mind by which painful or disturbing thoughts or desires are kept from conscious awareness, a process by which unacceptable desires or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious compare suppression sense c, an instance of repressing, a mental process by which distressing thoughts, memories, or impulses that may give rise to anxiety are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious, the act of repressing, the action or process of repressing, an item so excluded

FAQs About the word repressions

suppressions

a process of the mind by which painful or disturbing thoughts or desires are kept from conscious awareness, a process by which unacceptable desires or impulses

Discipline,Inhibition,restraint,suppression,Composure,constraint,Discretion,refrainment,reserve,Self-control

Disinhibition,gratification,Incontinence,indulgence,bluntness,Candour,frankness,intemperance,Overindulgence,self-abandonment

represses => represses, represents => represents, representing => representing, representatives => representatives, representations => Performances,