| PRESSION | • pression n. (Rare) Pressure or an act of applying pressure. • PRESSION n. pressure. |
| DEPRESSION | • depression n. (Psychology, usually uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment… • depression n. (Psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned… • depression n. (Geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings. |
| EXPRESSION | • expression n. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. • expression n. A particular way of phrasing an idea. • expression n. A colloquialism or idiom. |
| IMPRESSION | • impression n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. • impression n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. • impression n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief. |
| OPPRESSION | • oppression n. The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. • oppression n. The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed. • oppression n. A feeling of being oppressed. |
| REPRESSION | • repression n. The act of repressing; state of being repressed. • repression n. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses. • REPRESSION n. the act of repressing. |
| COMPRESSION | • compression n. An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction. • compression n. (Automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed. • compression n. (Computing) The process by which data is compressed. |
| SUPPRESSION | • suppression n. The act or instance of suppressing. • suppression n. The state of being suppressed. • suppression n. (Psychology) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories. |
| DEREPRESSION | • derepression n. (Genetics) The inactivation of a repressor gene. • derepression n. (Psychiatry) The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc. • DEREPRESSION n. the act of derepressing. |
| REEXPRESSION | • reexpression n. Subsequent or repeated expression. |
| REIMPRESSION | • reimpression n. A second or repeated impression; a reprint. • REIMPRESSION n. a second or later impression of an edition of a book, etc. |
| DECOMPRESSION | • decompression n. The process of decompressing. • decompression n. The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver). • decompression n. A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine’s compression ratio… |
| MISIMPRESSION | • misimpression n. An inaccurate or misleading impression. • MISIMPRESSION n. a mistaken impression. |
| RECOMPRESSION | • recompression n. The act of recompressing; compression again. • RECOMPRESSION n. a repeated compression. |
| ANTIDEPRESSION | • antidepression adj. (Economy) Opposing or countering economic depression. • antidepression adj. (Pharmacology) An antidepressant. • anti-depression adj. Alternative form of antidepression. |
| POSTDEPRESSION | • postdepression adj. After an economic depression. • POSTDEPRESSION adj. after a depression. |