Repressive

Definition

repress /rÇ'pres/ v ၁။ (က) ခ်ဳပ္တည္းသည္။ repress an urge to scream ❍ repress a sneeze/smile/cough. (ခ) (usu passive) ဖိႏိွပ္ခ်ဳပ္ခ်ယ္မႈ မကင္း။ His childhood was repressed and solitary. ၂။ ဖိႏိွပ္သည္။ All opposition is brutally repressed by the regime. ❏ repressed adj သိုသိပ္ခ်ဳပ္တည္းထားေသာ။ her emotionally repressed mother ❍ repressed anger/desire/fear. ❏ repression /rÇ'preʃn/ n ၁။ [U] ဖိႏိွပ္မႈ။ victims of government repression ❍ the repression of free speech. ၂။ ( psychology ) [U] အလိုဆႏၵ ခ်ဳပ္တည္းမႈ။ sexual repression. ❏ repressive /rÇ'presÇv/ adj ဖိႏိွပ္ခ်ဳပ္ခ်ယ္ေသာ။ a repressive regime/law/measure. repressively adv repressiveness n [U]

Examples

1. I couldn’t repress my curiosity.
2. Repressing an impulse to laugh out loud
3. she thanked him and walked out.
4. Minority groups were ruthlessly repressed.