REPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repression mean? 

• REPRESSION (noun)
  The noun REPRESSION has 3 senses:

1. a state of forcible subjugation

2. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

3. the act of repressing; control by holding down

  Familiarity information: REPRESSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of forcible subjugation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the long repression of Christian sects

Hypernyms ("repression" is a kind of...):

subjection; subjugation (forced submission to control by others)

Derivation:

repress (put down by force or intimidation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("repression" is a kind of...):

defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of repressing; control by holding down

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

his goal was the repression of insolence

Hypernyms ("repression" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)

Derivation:

repress (put down by force or intimidation)

 Context examples 

SAP18 interacts with SIN3 and enhances SIN3-mediated transcriptional repression.

(mSin3, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in transcriptional repression and embryogenesis.

(MSX1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes MAD protein, plays a role in transcriptional repression.

(MXD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

MYB contains 3 N-terminal MYB-like DNA-binding domains that specifically recognize YAAC[GT]G, a central transcriptional activation domain and a C-terminal transcriptional repression domain.

(Myb Oncogene Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the repression of transcription.

(MSC Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may be involved in the repression of gene expression.

(MIR518E Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both DNA binding and the repression of gene expression.

(Cyclic AMP-Dependent Transcription Factor ATF-3, NCI Thesaurus)

Dinaciclib selectively inhibits cyclin dependent kinases CDK1, CDK2, CDK5, and CDK9; inhibition of CDK1 and CDK2 may result in cell cycle repression and tumor cell apoptosis.

(Dinaciclib, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in repression of transcription.

(DR1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the repression of gene expression.

(Dr1-Associated Corepressor, NCI Thesaurus)