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Summary

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repression:
- represión; opresión; tiranía; desplazamiento; suplantación
Wiktionary:
- repression → represión

English

Detailed Translations for repression from English to Spanish

repression:

repression [the ~] nomen

the repression (suppression; oppression)
la represión; la opresión; la tiranía
- represión [la ~] nomen
- opresión [la ~] nomen
- tiranía [la ~] nomen
the repression
el desplazamiento; la suplantación
- desplazamiento [el ~] nomen
- suplantación [la ~] nomen
the repression
la represión
- represión [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for repression:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
desplazamiento	repression	change; delay; detour; displacement; manoeuver; manoeuvre; move; overthrowing; postponement; respite; sham battle; sham fight; shifting; suspension
opresión	oppression; repression; suppression	heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling
represión	oppression; repression; suppression
suplantación	repression	impersonation
tiranía	oppression; repression; suppression	despotism; oppression; tyranny

Related Words for "repression":

repressions

Synonyms for "repression":

subjugation; subjection
defense mechanism; defense reaction; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defence
control

Related Definitions for "repression":

the act of repressing; control by holding down¹
- his goal was the repression of insolence¹
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious¹
a state of forcible subjugation¹
- the long repression of Christian sects¹

Wiktionary Translations for repression:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• repression	→ represión	↔ repressie — onderdrukking, beteugeling
• repression	→ represión	↔ Repression — Politik: Unterdrückung
• repression	→ represión	↔ Repression — Psychologie: Verdrängung oder Unterdrückung von unangenehmen Erinnerungen, Gefühlen oder Ängsten

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University