Repressed
//ɹɪˈpɹɛst// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of repress form-of, participle, past
- 2 Pressed again.
Adjective
- 1 Subjected to repression.
"repressed homosexuality"
- 2 Showing the suppression of emotions or impulses.
Adjective
- 1 characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions wordnet
Example
More examples"You assume we are all sexually stable; while on the other hand, as I have become acquainted with people, I find that they are all perverted sinners, one way or another, that the whole society is corrupt and rotten and repressed and unconscious that it exhibits its repression in various forms of social sadism."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From repress + -ed.
Etymology 2
From re- + pressed.
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