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抑圧 — meaning in English

yokuatsu

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English meaning

  • repression noun The use of force or authority to control or suppress people, especially their rights or freedoms.
  • stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.

Senses

抑圧 is used for these senses in English:

  • repression The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
  • stifle (transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

repression — full definition

  1. noun The use of force or authority to control or suppress people, especially their rights or freedoms.
  2. noun In psychology, the unconscious pushing away of painful or unwanted thoughts and feelings.

stifle — full definition

  1. verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
  2. verb To make breathing difficult, or to smother.
  3. noun In horses and other four-legged animals, the joint on the hind leg that corresponds to the human knee.

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