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Definitions of repression
  1. noun
    a state of forcible subjugation
    "the long repression of Christian sects"
  2. noun
    (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
  3. noun
    the act of repressing; control by holding down
    "his goal was the repression of insolence"
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  • east turkistan islamic movement a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
  • east turkestan islamic movement a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
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