Hyphenation of Repression

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Repression? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Re-pres-sion

Definitions of Repression:

1.
A state of forcible subjugation
The long repression of Christian sects
2.
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
3.
The act of repressing
Control by holding down His goal was the repression of insolence

Synonyms of Repression:

noun subjugation, subjection
noundefense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
noun control

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