Repressed

Word REPRESSED
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɹɨˈpɹɛst/

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The word "repressed" in example sentences

This movement was again repressed in 1981 by Deng Xiaoping. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While the flames may be an expression of repressed sexuality, the movie as a whole is anything but pat. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

As Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard University, wrote in the Financial Times: "The reality being repressed is that the western world is suffering a crisis of indebtedness." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Her desire must remain repressed, however; Dorriforth is a father substitute to her, and, moreover, a priest of a different religion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So many groups remain repressed in every country in this world - because of their gender, or race, or political affiliation, or because they have a disease or a condition that is considered a stigma, or for so many other reasons. ❋ Nupur (2007)

I was trying to suggest that part of the reason that gay people end up being repressed is due to the influence of those groups that demonize homosexuality: namely, Republicans and fundamentalists. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Todd Mason, raised in repressed New England said ... ❋ Bill Crider (2007)

This is a core belief, normally unconscious, and recognition of it usually brings up what Freud called the repressed, though Freud elicited repressed material and dealt with it in ways very different from Hakomi. ❋ Craig K. Comstock (2011)

Our "shadow," as C.G. Jung called the repressed hidden and often projected aspect of the personality, tends to assume a life of its own because it is composed of the parts of myself I don't acknowledge and therefore can't integrate into my conscious life. ❋ John Stanley (2011)

Americans were gaga for a new trend called repressed memories. ❋ Kyria Abrahams (2009)

Short of that, stand back when Michelle does Oprah and they get to crying and all the soccer moms recall repressed gender memories of how much they can't stand woman-bashing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bookshelf How therapists and 'victims' seized on the idea of repressed memory, leveling false charges and ruining lives. ❋ By Theodore Dalrymple (2008)

~ Repressed memory is cultural creation -- "Researchers at Harvard Medical School said the disorder known as repressed memory has a cultural rather than a scientific basis." ❋ William Harryman (2007)

LOTHIAN: Shanley's accuser came forward three years ago, empowered by the public priest abuse scandal and driven by what was described as repressed memories. ❋ Unknown (2005)

His notion of the unconscious, the idea of repressed memories, the demonstration of psychological defense mechanisms, or the proposal that early childhood experiences have both a subtle and wide-reaching influence on later adult psychological adjustment, are still accepted psychological concepts. ❋ STANLEY COREN (2002)

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