Both Uses
repress
in
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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- The Reardan kids were so worried about grades and sports and THEIR FUTURES that they sometimes acted like repressed middle-aged business dudes with cell phones stuck in their small intestines.
Chpt 18 *repressed = holding back expression of feelings, thoughts, and desires
- Rowdy was the opposite of repressed.†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(repress as in: she repressed a laugh) to hold something back (not allow it to be expressed)
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(2)
(repress as in: repressed the rebellion) to forcefully subdue or prevent actions by others
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(3)
(repress as in: repressed the memory) suppress from conscious awareness a memory, thought, feeling or desire
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)