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1. n. a state of forcible subjugation n. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious n. the act of repressing; control by holding down Source: ecdict

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repressing act anxiety becoming cause classical conscious control defense forcible holding ideas impulses mechanism preventing protects psychiatry state subjugation them you

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