Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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repression | Yes | No | No | No |
psychopathology | Yes | No | No | No |
repression (noun) | psychopathology (noun) |
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the act of repressing; control by holding down | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious | the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior |
a state of forcible subjugation |