Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychology Repression

The active mental process of keeping out and ejecting, banishing from consciousness, ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The active mental process of keeping out and ejecting, banishing from consciousness, ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it.

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13 entry terms
  • Repression
  • Repression, Psychology
  • Delayed Memory
  • False Memory Syndrome
  • Repressed Memory
  • Delayed Memories
  • False Memory Syndromes
  • Memories, Delayed
  • Memories, Repressed
  • Memory Syndrome, False
  • Memory, Delayed
  • Memory, Repressed
  • Syndrome, False Memory

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  1. F01.393w.821w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychology Repression. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012094. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012094
  2. Psychology Repression. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repression_(psychoanalysis)
  3. Psychology Repression. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941796