[re.pres.sion] n (1533) 1 a: the action or process of repressing: the state of being repressed "~ of unpopular opinions" b: an instance of repressing "racial ~s"
2. a: a process by which unacceptable desires or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious b: an item so excluded -- re.pres.sion.ist adj