repressed

[ri-prest]

adjective

1. subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression.

   repressed emotional conflicts.

Other Word Forms

• nonrepressed adjective
• unrepressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of repressed¹

First recorded in 1900–05; repress + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The group’s statement warned that “those forces have returned,” recalling what it called “a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.”

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Repressed emotions, repressed bonds, repressed loved ones can haunt us for the rest of our lives if we decide to shut them out.

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The alleged abuses by British forces range from murder, torture, expulsion and collective punishment which the submission says repressed the Arab Palestinian population amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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“One of my friends called it ‘repressed cowboy,’” he says in describing his style as the Austin band Cactus Lee plays in the background.

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In this respect “I Know This Much Is True” also is a dramatic tapestry of destructive anger issues, festering under a lifetime of repressed resentment and confusion.

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