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Summary

French to English: more detail...

répression:
- repression
Wiktionary:
- répression → repression
- répression → repression, punishment, penalisation, penalty

English to French: more detail...

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

French

Detailed Translations for répression from French to English

répression:

répression [la ~] nomen

la répression
the repression
- repression [the ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for répression:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
repression	répression	oppression; tyrannie

Synonyms for "répression":

châtiment; punition; expiation; correction; pénitence; peine; sanction; pénalité; condamnation; amende; damnation; rachat; compensation; réparation; calamité; fléau; vengeance; gage; proscription; pensum; confirmation; ratification; agrément; terreur; effroi

Wiktionary Translations for répression:

répression

noun

action de réprimer.
- répression → repression

répression

noun

act of repressing
- repression → répression

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• répression	→ repression	↔ repressie — onderdrukking, beteugeling
• répression	→ punishment; penalisation; penalty	↔ Bestrafung — das Anwenden einer Strafe
• répression	→ repression	↔ Repression — Psychologie: Verdrängung oder Unterdrückung von unangenehmen Erinnerungen, Gefühlen oder Ängsten
• répression	→ repression	↔ Repression — Politik: Unterdrückung

English

Detailed Translations for répression 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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