fortrenge
verb
repress, suppress
B2
trenge ut av bevisstheten eller hukommelsen
repress, suppress
German
B2Upper-Intermediate
B2
Han prøvde å fortrenge minnene om ulykken, men de kom stadig tilbake.
He tried to block out the memories of the accident, but they kept coming back.
C
Freud heller til den oppfatning at de aller fleste nevroser skyldes en eller annen form for fortrengt seksualitet.
Freud tends to believe that the vast majority of neuroses are caused by some form of repressed sexuality.