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represser

represser

9.8
A person or thing that stops actions, feelings and genes from working
  • noun
  • /rɪˈprɛsər/
  • Specialized
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  • As a represser of negative behaviors, she often encouraged positive thinking in her clients.

Examples

  • Researchers identified a specific gene as a represser that controls the expression of a related trait.

  • Their findings provided evidence for a represser coping style in golf, similar to the avoidance coping concept (Krohne, 1993; Krohne & Hindel, 1988).

    Academic text (2000)

  • The represser of unwanted emotions can help people maintain their composure during stressful situations.

Synonyms

repressor
vsrepresser
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A substance, gene, or protein that attaches to DNA to stop a gene from working

is broader, applying to agents that inhibit feelings, behaviours, or processes
stifler
vsrepresser
1 8.9

A person who stops others from speaking or trying new ideas

is not limited to people, including mechanisms, substances, and institutions
smotherer
vsrepresser
  • NSFW
1 9.4

A person who controls others and stops them trying new things

can restrain or inhibit without extreme suffocating methods or intensity
suppressor
vsrepresser
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A person who uses force or authority to stop people, information and actions

may instead inhibit indirectly or by peaceful, noncoercive means rather than force
suppresser
vsrepresser
8.7

A person who stops people from saying or sharing ideas and facts

is used more broadly for agents that inhibit feelings, behaviours, or biological processes

Antonyms

liberator
21 5.3

A person who frees people from slavery or prison

How Forceful

oppressor
33 7.5
represser
  • Specialized
9.8
suppressor
  • Specialized
1 8.0
inhibitor
  • Specialized
46 6.0

Surface Forms

represser singular
repressers plural

Morphology

represser = repress (transparent) = repress + er

The suffix '-er' productively forms an agent or instrument noun from 'repress', so the meaning 'one or something that represses' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word represser comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' and press meaning 'to press', the same idea you see in press or pressure. So a represser is something or someone that 'presses back' or holds down feelings, behaviour, or gene activity.