1
: subjected to or marked by repression
2
: characterized by restraint
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a 19th-century church in the repressed style favored by the strict religious sect
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In Munro’s work, women are repressed, silenced, and bullied by sadistic men, yet their thoughts and secret rebellions are slyly subversive.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 9 July 2024
The bite mark struck Dahl as proof maybe she had been involved and repressed memories from that night.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
In Cold Water, Lincoln will play John, a repressed man who who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 June 2024
Compared with the other non-Russian nationalities in the Soviet Union, the Ukrainians were simultaneously extra repressed and extra privileged, making up the largest single group of political prisoners but also acting as Russia’s junior partner in the union.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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Constance Grady, Vox, 9 July 2024
The bite mark struck Dahl as proof maybe she had been involved and repressed memories from that night.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
In Cold Water, Lincoln will play John, a repressed man who who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 June 2024
Compared with the other non-Russian nationalities in the Soviet Union, the Ukrainians were simultaneously extra repressed and extra privileged, making up the largest single group of political prisoners but also acting as Russia’s junior partner in the union.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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“Repressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repressed. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest 
1
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
2
: characterized by a keeping in check
Medical Definition
repressed
adjective
re·pressed
ri-ˈprest
: subjected to or marked by repression
a repressed child
repressed anger
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