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repress

[ri-pres] / rɪˈprɛs /


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Author and psychotherapist Jennifer Cox told Radio 4 Woman's Hour she believes women are "conditioned" to repress feelings of "frustration, anger, aggression and rage".

From BBC

Among white Americans are committed segregationists who will repress regardless—and others who are uneasy about repression but uncertain about protesters’ aims.

From The Wall Street Journal

The critic James Wood decried Mr. Barnes as “a thoroughly English writer,” meaning that he is clever and pedantic and emotionally repressed.

From The Wall Street Journal

He works hard, has high energy, can’t repress his essential nature.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not all of Alexander’s theories have aged well, Gilberg said — repressed emotions do not cause asthma, to name one since-debunked idea.

From Los Angeles Times