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repressed

re·pressed [ ri prést ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. with curbed emotions: not acknowledging strong personal feelings, particularly of anger or sexual desire

2. subdued forcibly: kept under control by force or military means
the repressed peoples of the invaded islands

3. psychology blocked from consciousness: in Freudian psychology, blocked from the conscious mind and relegated to the unconscious

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