different between repress vs abreact

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprim? (“I repress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p??s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

2. (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.

Synonyms

• (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress
• (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back

Related terms

• repression
• repressive

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? press

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

1. To press again.

   to repress a vinyl record

Noun

repress (plural represses)

1. A record pressed again; a repressing.

Anagrams

• Presser, presser

English

Etymology

Partial calque of German abreagieren, from ab (“away from, off, down from”) + reagieren (“to react”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.?i?ækt/

Verb

abreact (third-person singular simple present abreacts, present participle abreacting, simple past and past participle abreacted)

1. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

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References

Anagrams

• abacter, bear cat, bearcat, bractea, cabaret, cat bear