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repressed
(re|pressed)
Pronunciation:
/rɪˈprɛst/
adjective
restrained or oppressed:
repressed indigenous groups
(of a thought or desire) kept suppressed and unconscious in one’s mind:
repressed homosexuality
characterized by the repression of thoughts or desires, especially sexual ones:
a very repressed, almost Victorian, household
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