represi

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch repressie (“repression”), from French répression (“repression”) or Latin .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.ˈpre.si/
  • Rhymes: -si
  • Hyphenation: re‧pre‧si

Noun

represi (plural represi-represi)

  1. repression:
    1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
      Synonyms: penekanan, pengekangan, penahanan, penindasan
    2. (politics) the oppression or persecution of an individual or group for political reasons.
      Synonyms: penekanan, pengekangan, penahanan, penindasan
    3. (psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
    4. (sociology) the socially supported mistreatment and exploitation of a group of individuals.
    5. (genetics) the down-regulation of gene transcription by the action of repressor proteins binding to a promoter.

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