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单词 repression
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repressionn.

Brit. /rᵻˈprɛʃn/, U.S. /rəˈprɛʃ(ə)n/, /riˈprɛʃ(ə)n/
Forms: late Middle English represcioun, late Middle English repressioun, late Middle English– repression.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin repression-, repressio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin repression-, repressio suppression (4th cent.), restraint (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin repress- , past participial stem of reprimere repress v.1 + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French repression (1482; French répression), Catalan repressió (a1418), Spanish represión (1495 or earlier), Portuguese repressão (1785), Italian repressione (a1498).In sense 2c after German Verdrängung in this sense in the terminology of Sigmund Freud (1895 or earlier).
I. Capacity to repress something.
1. Capacity to repress something; restraint. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun]
repressiona1413
governailc1425
willc1480
self-rule1532
coldness1548
stay1556
presentness of mind1598
coolness1607
cold blooda1609
temper1611
self-discipline1612
retention?1615
presence of mind?1624
self-governance1630
retentiveness1641
self-command1651
self-mastery1652
self-control1653
self-direction1653
self-restraint1656
self-possession1665
possessednessa1698
self-regulation1698
possession1703
retenue1747
sang-froid1750
self-collection1761
render1768
self-collectedness1805
self-repression1821
self-containedness1835
unimpulsiveness1860
cool-headedness1881
sophrosyne1889
cool1964
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 1038 Some [sc. jealousy] so ful of furye is and despit That it sourmounteth his repressioun [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 represcioun, c1450 Harl. 2280 repression; c1460 Harl. 1239 oppression].
II. The action or result of repressing something.
2.
a. The action of repressing a person or thing (in various senses); an instance of this. Now esp.: cultural or political oppression, esp. when sanctioned or carried out by the state.With quot. ?a1425 cf. repress v.1 3b.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun]
havingeOE
holdc1230
withholdingc1386
restrainingc1390
refraininga1398
repression?a1425
repressing1431
bridlingc1443
restraint1443
restrainc1449
repressurec1487
restingc1503
abstention1521
controlling1523
controlment1525
distrain1531
staying1563
control1564
refrain1568
retention1578
check1579
restrainment1579
refranation1583
cohibition1586
withholdment1640
curbing1661
coercion1827
chastenment1882
detent1907
clamp-down1940
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > suppression or repression
suppressingc1400
repression?a1425
oppressionc1430
repressing1431
suppression1487
nithering1489
repressa1500
abolition1529
abolishment1538
abolishing?1540
repressal1593
suppressal1612
compressure1644
repressment1837
crackdown1935
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 145v (MED) A corrosiue vlcus schal ben heled wiþ repressioun of colde medicynes, þe whiche mowe abate þe acuite of þe blode and þat speciallie aboute þe vlcus.
1533 T. More Apol. xlix, in Wks. 927/1 Any new order concerning heresies, with ye chaunge of lawes before deuised for the repression of them.
1553 Coll. Rec. No. 56. 221 in G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1681) II Do such things for the Advancement of Justice, and for the repression and punishment of Malefactors.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 472 Ioue..to Aiax breast diuine repressions droue, And made him shun who shunn'd himself.
1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη 21 No declaration..from My self could take place, For the due repression of these Tumults.
1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy IV. i. 4 He will renew..the Repression of Satan, the Blessing of Nature after a particular manner.
1780 G. Stuart Hist. Establishm. Reformation Relig. in Scotl. i. 72 The repression of disorders, and the punishment of crimes.
1797 J. Moser Moral Tales I. xvii. 235 Her resistance of temptation and repression of passion.
1818 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform 62 Repression of insolence is, therefore, in his situation prescribed by considerations [etc.].
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 109 That eastern religion whose essence is the repression of all action.
1905 N.Y. Times 24 Apr. 2 Such spokesmen of reaction as Prince Mestchersky..are again boldly proclaiming the doctrine of repression, characterizing the Constitutionalists and ‘Intelligentsia’ as lunatics.
1955 B. Hill Boss of Britain's Underworld i. 10 The generations of repression, extortion and blackmail were remembered vividly by the sons of men who had spent years in gaol because of the race gangs.
1999 J. Arnott Long Firm v. 287 All forms of deviant behaviour were in some way a challenge to the normalised repression of the state.
b. Medicine. Perhaps: retention or failure of elimination (of humours). Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes i. xxvii. 30 Of the Feuer of Repression [It. febre di riprensione]. This Feuer is an alteration of the bloud, whiche is caused of beeyng ouer hott, and then colde: and this is called a Feuer propter accidens, and is not holpe as the other Feuers are: For thou shalt helpe onely the Repression, and the Feuer wil goe awaie.
c. Psychoanalysis. The action, process, or result of keeping unacceptable thoughts, memories, or desires out of the conscious mind; an instance of this. Cf. suppression n. 10b.Usually considered specifically as an unconscious process, in contrast to conscious suppression.sex, sexual repression: see the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > sublimation of libido > [noun] > repression
suppression1896
resistance1905
repression1909
scotomization1927
1909 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Sel. Papers on Hysteria iv. 88 If I could now make it probable that the idea became pathogenic in consequence of the exclusion and repression, the chain would seem complete.
1910 S. Freud in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 193 I called this hypothetical process ‘repression’ (Verdrängung), and considered it was proved by the undeniable existence of resistance.
1929 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 673/2 For cultural reasons the most intensive repression falls upon the sexual instincts.
1954 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Devel. Personality in Coll. Wks. XVII. iv. 115 No breaking down of repressions can ever destroy true creativeness.
1978 P. Thompson Voice of Past iv. 104 Recall can be prevented by unwillingness: either a conscious avoidance of distasteful facts or unconscious repression.
1997 I. Jack in Granta Winter 16 Pensioners with ‘stiff upper lips’, reticence and the neurosis brought about by repression.
d. Biochemistry. The inhibition of enzyme synthesis by the action of a repressor on an operon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > inhibition > [noun]
antagonism1859
Pasteur reaction1930
Pasteur effect1935
lipotropism1945
repression1957
1957 H. J. Vogel in W. D. McElroy & B. Glass Chem. Basis Heredity ii. 286 The following terminology will be used hereafter: a relative decrease, resulting from the exposure of cells to a given substance, in the rate of synthesis of a particular apoenzyme is termed ‘enzyme repression’.
1992 C. A. Smith & E. J. Wood Biosynthesis v. 108 Ammonia causes the repression of nitrogenase, but whether ammonia is the active corepressor is not completely clear.
2007 Biotechnol. Adv. 25 247/1 High concentrations of appropriate carbon sources lead to repression of α-keto-glutarate dehydrogenase, hence explaining the effect of the sugar concentration and source in terms of enzyme repression.

Derivatives

reˈpressionary adj. characterized by repression; = repressive adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [adjective] > suppressive or repressive
repressivec1425
suppressive1662
repressory1863
repressionary1885
repressful1893
repressionist1906
1885 Brit. Q. Rev. 81 158 The Jamaica insurrection had broken out, and Eyre had carried his repressionary measures beyond what the occasion demanded.
1905 Daily Chron. 24 Nov. 8/2 That..was the distinct result of her own repressionary warnings.
2004 V. Voronkov & J. Wielgohs in D. Pollack & J. Wielgohs Dissent & Opposition in Communist E. Europe v. 103 The final wave of repressionary measures against the entire human rights movement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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