All 3 Uses of
repress
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.†
Chpt 19
- And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.†
Chpt 19
- The land fell into fewer hands, the number of the dispossessed increased, and every effort of the great owners was directed at repression.
Chpt 19 *repression = subjugation (oppressing or holding others down)
Definitions:
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(1)
(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In psychology, repress has a more specialized meaning where something is put out of one's consciousness. For example, someone with repressed anger may not consciously realize they are angry, yet the anger still affects their mind and body.