repress

English Thesaurus

1. block the action of (verb.change)

hypernym	:	change,
definition	:	undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature (verb.change)

2. put out of one's consciousness (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	bury, forget,
definition	:	dismiss from the mind; stop remembering (verb.cognition)

hyponym	:	swallow,
definition	:	keep from expressing (verb.cognition)

domain category	:	psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology,
definition	:	the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders (noun.cognition)

3. conceal or hide (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

4. put down by force or intimidation (verb.social)

hypernym	:	crush, oppress, suppress,
definition	:	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (verb.social)

5. put out of one's consciousness (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	inhibition, suppression,
definition	:	(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (noun.act)

6. conceal or hide (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression,
definition	:	forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority (noun.act)

derivation	:	smotherer, stifler,
definition	:	a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person)

7. put down by force or intimidation (verb.social)

derivation	:	repression,
definition	:	the act of repressing; control by holding down (noun.act)

derivation	:	overcomer, subduer, surmounter,
definition	:	someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion (noun.person)

derivation	:	repression,
definition	:	a state of forcible subjugation (noun.state)

derivation	:	inhibitory, repressing, repressive,
definition	:	restrictive of action (adj.all)

8. put out of one's consciousness (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	inhibition, suppression,
definition	:	(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (noun.act)

9. conceal or hide (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crushing, quelling, stifling, suppression,
definition	:	forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority (noun.act)

derivation	:	smotherer, stifler,
definition	:	a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses (noun.person)

10. put down by force or intimidation (verb.social)

derivation	:	repression,
definition	:	the act of repressing; control by holding down (noun.act)

derivation	:	overcomer, subduer, surmounter,
definition	:	someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion (noun.person)

derivation	:	repression,
definition	:	a state of forcible subjugation (noun.state)

derivation	:	inhibitory, repressing, repressive,
definition	:	restrictive of action (adj.all)