repressed
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- v put down by force or intimidation
- v conceal or hide
- v put out of one's consciousness
- v block the action of
- s characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
repressed rage turned his face scarlet
- They realized their mistake once he took the throne upon Franco's death in 1975: within four months he created a sensation by speaking Catalan, which Franco had repressed; within .
- Instability now led the repressed opposition to gain an audience not just with the besieged middle class but among the military and Suharto's own ruling Golkar party as well.
- The Chinese may still be repressed politically, but their sexual behavior has undergone a sweeping liberation.