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Repression definitions
| # | Definition | Sets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 497 sets |
| 2 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. | 156 sets |
| 3 | (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious | 152 sets |
| 4 | keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious | 93 sets |
| 5 | a state of forcible subjugation | 84 sets |
| 6 | defense mechanism in which painful memories are excluded from consciousness | 64 sets |
| 7 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories. | 57 sets |
| 8 | keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious. | 51 sets |
| 9 | the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious | 48 sets |
| 10 | restraint | 44 sets |
| 11 | the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness | 42 sets |
| 12 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. (myers psychology 8e p. 600) | 36 sets |
| 13 | motivated forgetting | 33 sets |
| 14 | motivated forgetting of emotionally threatening memories or impulses | 33 sets |
| 15 | banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness | 31 sets |
| 16 | the state of putting or pressing something down by force | 30 sets |
| 17 | a mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness | 27 sets |
| 18 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness | 26 sets |
| 19 | basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness | 22 sets |
| 20 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. (myers psychology 8e p. 381) | 21 sets |
| 21 | refoulement | 17 sets |
| 22 | the act of repressing | 17 sets |
| 23 | type of defense mechanism involving motivated forgetting of anxiety-evoking material | 16 sets |
| 24 | the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 16 sets |
| 25 | refers to keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious | 16 sets |
| 26 | motivated forgetting that occurs unconsciously | 15 sets |
| 27 | involves the transfer of unacceptable or painful ideas, feelings, and thoughts into the unconscious mind | 15 sets |
| 28 | in psychoanalytic theory, the defense mechanism whereby our thoughts are pulled out of our consciousness and into our unconscious. | 15 sets |
| 29 | to force painful ideas or impulses into the subconscious | 15 sets |
| 30 | defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 12 sets |
| 31 | defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious. | 12 sets |
| 32 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that basishes from conscousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 12 sets |
| 33 | unconscious forgetting | 11 sets |
| 34 | in psychoanalytic theory, a mechanism of defense by means of which thoughts, impulses, or memories that give rise to anxiety are pushed out of consciousness. | 11 sets |
| 35 | to hide things that have impacted | 10 sets |
| 36 | removes anxiety-causing ideas from conscious awareness by pushing them into the unconscious | 10 sets |
| 37 | to restrain, to hold back | 10 sets |
| 38 | in psychoanalytic theory, a process that forces unwanted material from the conscious to the unconscious. | 9 sets |
| 39 | in psychoanalytic theory, a mechanism of defense by means of which thoughts, impulses, or memories that give rise to anxiety are pushed out of consciousness | 9 sets |
| 40 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that basishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 9 sets |
| 41 | motivated forgetting: refers to keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconscious | 9 sets |
| 42 | blocking out unpleasant memories | 8 sets |
| 43 | an unconscious process that excludes unacceptable thoughts and feelings from awareness and memory | 8 sets |
| 44 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness | 8 sets |
| 45 | the psychological process through which sexual or aggressive instincts are denied and "pushed down" into the unconscious, from where they will likely emerge in different forms | 8 sets |
| 46 | the subduing (of someone or something) by force | 8 sets |
| 47 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. (myers psychology 9e pp. 355, 557) | 8 sets |
| 48 | occurs when a threatening idea, memory, or emotion is blocked from consciousness | 7 sets |
| 49 | blocking out painful thoughts or feelings | 7 sets |
| 50 | unconsciously pushing threatening memories from conscious awareness | 7 sets |
| 51 | the act of pushing down or holding in certain desires or impulses | 7 sets |
| 52 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from conciousness | 7 sets |
| 53 | the holding back or subduing; suppression; pushing painful ideas or memories into the subconscious (in psychiatry) | 7 sets |
| 54 | freud's first and most basic defense mechanism, which blocks unacceptable impulses from coming into awareness | 6 sets |
| 55 | the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings and memories from consciousness | 6 sets |
| 56 | motivated forgetting that occurs unconsciously. | 6 sets |
| 57 | the habit of keeping something under wraps or under control | 6 sets |
| 58 | defense mechanism; most common of defense mechanisms; pushing or excluding uncomfortable thoughts from consciousness; example: lisa, who was caught shoplifting when she was in high school, has no recollection of the event | 6 sets |
| 59 | the holding back or subduing | 6 sets |
| 60 | involuntary forgetting of hurtful situations. ex child witnessed brutal death of parent, cannot consciously recall the incident | 6 sets |
| 61 | the primary defense mechanism in which unacceptable or unpleasant id impulses are pushed back into the unconscious | 5 sets |
| 62 | the exclusion from conscious awareness of a painful, unpleasant, or undesirable memory | 5 sets |
| 63 | unconsciously pushing unwanted memories out of awareness | 5 sets |
| 64 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 5 sets |
| 65 | a defense mechanism in which personally threatening thoughts, memories, and impulses are banned from awareness | 5 sets |
| 66 | turning off a gene | 5 sets |
| 67 | the basic defense mechanism by which painful or guilt-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories are excluded from conscious awareness | 5 sets |
| 68 | (n.): restraint | 5 sets |
| 69 | blocking of threatening material from consciousness | 5 sets |
| 70 | barring an anxiety provoking internal stimulus from awareness | 4 sets |
| 71 | a mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness. | 4 sets |
| 72 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings and memories | 4 sets |
| 73 | the unconscious process by which memories, thoughts, or impulses are held out of awareness | 4 sets |
| 74 | in freudian theory, a type of defense mechanism involving motivated forgetting of anxiety-evoking material | 4 sets |
| 75 | in psychoanalytic theory, the selective, involuntary pushing of threatening or upsetting information into the unconscious. | 4 sets |
| 76 | psychoanalytic theory, the basic defence mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 4 sets |
| 77 | unconsciously pushing threatening memories, urges, or ideas from conscious awareness | 4 sets |
| 78 | unconsciously forgetting information that is too painful to recall | 4 sets |
| 79 | in psychoanalytic theory, the selective, involuntary pushing of threatening or upsetting information into the unconscious | 4 sets |
| 80 | pushing anxious thought or urge out of consciousness into the unconsciousness | 4 sets |
| 81 | transfer of unacceptable or painful ideas, feelings, and thoughts into the unconscious mind | 4 sets |
| 82 | elnyomás | 4 sets |
| 83 | mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness | 4 sets |
| 84 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories into consciousness | 4 sets |
| 85 | selective forgetting of ideas, wishes, and memories. their recall would create great anxiety. | 4 sets |
| 86 | process by which the ego prevents unwanted desires from emerging into consciousness | 4 sets |
| 87 | subdue by force | 4 sets |
| 88 | traumatic memory block | 4 sets |
| 89 | a form of blocking, in which retrieval of memories that have been encoded and stored is actively inhibited | 4 sets |
| 90 | unacceptable wishes are barred from conscious thought | 4 sets |
| 91 | an unconscious process (defence mechanism) through which an individual blocks a memory of an event or experience from entering conscious awareness because of the anxiety associated with recall; said to be a type of motivated forgetting. | 4 sets |
| 92 | the unconscious process by which memories, thoughts, or impulses are held out of awareness. | 4 sets |
| 93 | the unconscious act of keeping threatening thoughts, feelings, or impulses out of consciousness. | 3 sets |
| 94 | being kept down by force | 3 sets |
| 95 | the basic defense mechanism by which painful or guilt-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories are excluded from conscious awareness. | 3 sets |
| 96 | zurückdrängung | 3 sets |
| 97 | banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts and feelings from consciousness | 3 sets |
| 98 | in freud's psychoanalytic theory, the idea that our memory systems self-censor painful memories; most people believe it, but it's not true; instead, motivated forgetting is what really occurs | 3 sets |