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derepression

noun

Etymology

From de- + repression.

  1. derived from repressus
  2. formed as repression — “repress + -ion”
  3. prefixed as derepression — “de + repression”

Definitions

  1. The inactivation of a repressor gene.

  2. The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for derepression. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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