repression

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• /ɹəˈpɹɛʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English repression From repress + -ion.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَمْع (qamʕ) — act of repressing
• Arabic: كَبْت (kabt) — act of repressing
• Armenian: ռեպրեսիա (ṙepresia) — act of repressing
• Azerbaijani: repressiya — act of repressing
• Azerbaijani: cəza — act of repressing
• Belarusian: рэпрэ́сія (représija) — act of repressing
• Belarusian: уці́ск (ucísk) — act of repressing
• Belarusian: падаўле́нне (padawljénnje) — act of repressing
• Bengali: দমন (domon) — act of repressing
• Bulgarian: репре́сия (représija) — act of repressing
• Bulgarian: спода́вяне (spodávjane) — act of repressing
• Catalan: repressió — act of repressing
• Chinese Mandarin: 鎮壓 /镇压 (zhènyā) — act of repressing
• Chinese Mandarin: 壓抑 /压抑 (yāyì) — act of repressing
• Chinese Mandarin: 彈壓 /弹压 (tányā) — act of repressing
• Czech: represe — act of repressing
• Czech: útisk — act of repressing
• Dutch: repressie — act of repressing
• Dutch: onderdrukking — act of repressing
• Estonian: repressioon — act of repressing
• Finnish: tukahdutus — act of repressing
• Finnish: tukahduttaminen — act of repressing
• Finnish: pidättäminen — act of repressing
• Finnish: alustus — act of repressing
• Finnish: sorto — act of repressing
• French: répression — act of repressing
• Galician: represión — act of repressing
• Georgian: რეპრესია (reṗresia) — act of repressing
• Georgian: შევიწროება (ševic̣roeba) — act of repressing
• German: Repression — act of repressing
• German: Unterdrückung — act of repressing
• Greek: καταστολή (katastolí) — act of repressing
• Hebrew: הַדחָקָה (hadkhaká) — act of repressing
• Hindi: दमन (daman) — act of repressing
• Hindi: दबाव (dabāv) — act of repressing
• Hungarian: elfojtás — act of repressing
• Hungarian: elnyomás — act of repressing
• Indonesian: represi — act of repressing
• Italian: repressione — act of repressing
• Japanese: 鎮圧 (chin'atsu) — act of repressing
• Japanese: 抑圧 (yokuatsu) — act of repressing
• Japanese: 弾圧 (dan'atsu) — act of repressing
• Kazakh: репрессия (repressiä) — act of repressing
• Kazakh: жаза (jaza) — act of repressing
• Kazakh: сүргін (sürgın) — act of repressing
• Korean: 진압 (jinap) — act of repressing
• Korean: 억압 (eogap) — act of repressing
• Korean: 탄압 (tanap) — act of repressing
• Kyrgyz: репрессия (repressiya) — act of repressing
• Kyrgyz: жазалоо (jazaloo) — act of repressing
• Latvian: represija — act of repressing
• Lithuanian: represija — act of repressing
• Macedonian: репресија (represija) — act of repressing
• Persian: سرکوب (sarkub) — act of repressing
• Polish: represja — act of repressing
• Portuguese: repressão — act of repressing
• Romanian: represiune — act of repressing
• Russian: репре́ссия (représsija) — act of repressing
• Russian: подавле́ние (podavlénije) — act of repressing
• Scottish Gaelic: mùchadh — act of repressing
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannsachadh — act of repressing
• Serbo-Croatian: репрѐсија — act of repressing
• Serbo-Croatian: reprèsija — act of repressing
• Slovak: represia — act of repressing
• Slovene: represija — act of repressing
• Spanish: represión — act of repressing
• Swedish: förtryck — act of repressing
• Swedish: repression — act of repressing
• Tajik: ҷазо (jazo) — act of repressing
• Turkish: baskı — act of repressing
• Turkmen: repressiýa — act of repressing
• Ukrainian: репре́сія (représija) — act of repressing
• Ukrainian: приду́шення (prydúšennja) — act of repressing
• Uyghur: باستۇرۇش (basturush) — act of repressing
• Uzbek: repressiya — act of repressing
• Uzbek: jazo — act of repressing
• Vietnamese: đàn áp — act of repressing
• Bulgarian: поти́скане (potískane) — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Catalan: repressió — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Dutch: verdringing — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Finnish: torjunta — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Finnish: repressio — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Georgian: შეკავება (šeḳaveba) — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• German: Verdrängung — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Hungarian: elfojtás — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Polish: represja — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Russian: подавле́ние (podavlénije) — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Spanish: represión — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Swedish: förträngning — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness
• Swedish: repression — psychology: involuntary rejection from consciousness