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Repressed vs Unrepressed - What's the difference?

repressed | unrepressed |

As adjectives the difference between repressed and unrepressed

is that repressed is subjected to repression while unrepressed is not repressed.

As a verb repressed

is past tense of repress.

repressed

English

Etymology 1

repress + -ed

Verb

(head)
  • (repress)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Subjected to repression.
  • (medical) Showing the suppression of emotions or impulses.
    • Derived terms
    * repressed memory

    Etymology 2

    re- + pressed

    Verb

    (head)
  • Pressed again.

    • Anagrams

    *

    unrepressed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not repressed.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=May 12, author=Nate Chinen, title=Recalling Miles Davis by Crossing Cultures, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The trumpeter Wallace Roney, a leading disciple of the Davis sound and style, played with exacting purpose and unrepressed enthusiasm, carving up the song. }}