Repression (redirected from repressionist)

repression /re·pres·sion/ (-presh´un)

1. the act of restraining, inhibiting, or suppressing.

2. in psychiatry, an unconscious defense mechanism in which unacceptable ideas, fears, and impulses are thrust out or kept out of consciousness.

3. gene r.

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enzyme repression  interference, usually by the endproduct of a pathway, with synthesis of the enzymes of that pathway.

gene repression  the inhibition of gene transcription of an operon; in prokaryotes repressor binding to the operon is involved.

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re·pres·sion (r-prshn)

n.

1. The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.

2. The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

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Repression

A unconscious psychological mechanism in which painful or unacceptable ideas, memories, or feelings are removed from conscious awareness or recall.

Mentioned in: Somatoform Disorders

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repression

1. the act of restraining, inhibiting or suppressing.

2. in molecular genetics, inhibition of gene transcription by a repressor.

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enzyme repression

interference, usually by the end product of a pathway, with synthesis of the enzymes of that pathway.

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repression Psychiatry An unconscious defense mechanism, that blocks unacceptable ideas, fantasies, or impulses from consciousness or that keeps unconsciousness what never was conscious. Cf Suppression Psychoanalysis A mental block to acknowledging an uncomfortable memory or feeling.