represser Definition

repress
verb

1a. To keep (an impulse, a desire to do something, etc) under control;

Thesaurus: control, overpower, suppress, restrain, overcome, stifle, subdue; Antonym: let go, release.
1b. To restrain (an impulse, desire, etc).
2. To put down, especially using force.

Example: repress the insurrection
Thesaurus: overpower, suppress, put down, subjugate, subdue, crush.
3. psychol.
To exclude (unacceptable thoughts, feelings, etc) from one's conscious mind. Compare suppress.

Derivative: represser
noun

Derivative: repressible
adj

Derivative: repressibly
adverb

Derivative: repression

The action or process of repressing.
Thesaurus: tyranny, suppression, domination, control, despotism, coercion, subjugation, authoritarianism, suffocation, constraint, censorship, restraint; Antonym: expression, liberty.

The defence mechanism whereby an unpleasant or unacceptable thought, memory or wish is deliberately excluded from the conscious mind.

Derivative: repressive
adj

Characterized by restraint or suppression, often of a forcible kind
Thesaurus: tyrannical, severe, authoritarian, dictatorial, autocratic, despotic, oppressive, ironhanded, harsh, tough, absolute, coercive, restrictive, extreme; Antonym: free.

Derivative: repressively
adverb

Derivative: repressiveness
noun

Etymology: 14c: from Latin reprimere, repressum to press back.