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Translate repression from English to French

Summary

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repression:
- oppression; tyrannie; répression
Wiktionary:
- repression → répression
- repression → répression

English

Detailed Translations for repression from English to French

repression:

repression [the ~] nomen

the repression (suppression; oppression)
l'oppression; la tyrannie
- oppression [la ~] nomen
- tyrannie [la ~] nomen
the repression
la répression
- répression [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for repression:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
oppression	oppression; repression; suppression	heaviness; oppression; sinking feeling
répression	repression
tyrannie	oppression; repression; suppression	despotism; oppression; perverted exercise of power; 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:

repression

noun

act of repressing
- repression → répression

repression

noun

action de réprimer.
- répression → repression

Cross Translation:

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

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