repression

represión

Uso de la fuerza o de un control estricto para impedir que las personas se expresen o actúen libremente.

En inglés sencillo: The use of force or strict control to stop people expressing themselves or acting freely.

• The people faced severe repression.
• Political repression forced many writers to leave.
• The report describes the repression of peaceful protests.

Cómo se usa: repression of something (They condemned the repression of political opposition.)

Sinónimos: suppression, oppression

Expresiones frecuentes: political repression, violent repression, repression of something

represión

Mantener fuera de la conciencia, sin darse cuenta, pensamientos, recuerdos o sentimientos dolorosos.

En inglés sencillo: The unconscious keeping of painful thoughts, memories, or feelings out of your awareness.

• Repression can hide painful memories.
• The therapist discussed repression and childhood fear.
• His theory linked anxiety to the repression of unwanted feelings.

Cómo se usa: repression of something (The lecture explored the repression of painful memories.)

Expresiones frecuentes: emotional repression, repression of something