the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed
2. psychoanalysis
the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughts
Compare repression (sense 2)
3. electronics
the act or process of suppressing a frequency, oscillation, etc
4. biology
the failure of an organ or part to develop
5. medicine
the cessation of any physiological process
suppression in American English
(səˈprɛʃən)
noun
1.
a suppressing or being suppressed
2. Psychiatry
a.
the mechanism by which unacceptable ideas, impulses, etc. are suppressed
b.
something suppressed in this way
Word origin
L suppressio
Examples of 'suppression' in a sentence
suppression
The Director said, `They're saying Berlin has ordered the suppression of the Völkischer Beobachter.
NULL DARE CALL IT TREASON (2001)
`We can hardly hold seminars of female suppression while we're marching.
Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2001)
Quotations
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression: if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoiningSaul BellowThe Adventures of Augie March
Synonyms of 'suppression'
elimination, crushing, crackdown, check
inhibition, blocking, checking, restriction
concealment, covering, hiding, disguising
hiding, censorship, hushing up, stonewalling
More Synonyms of suppression
1 (noun)
They were imprisoned after the suppression of pro-democracy protests.
Synonyms
elimination
crushing
crackdown
The government have announced a crackdown on welfare fraud.
check
extinction
prohibition
quashing
dissolution
termination
clampdown
2 (noun)
suppression of the immune system
Synonyms
inhibition
A country's size is no inhibition to producing a top team.
blocking
checking
restriction
the restrictions of urban living
restraint
A Bill of Rights would act as a restraint on judicial power.
smothering
3 (noun)
Suppression of your feelings will only cause bad energy.
Synonyms
concealment
The criminals vainly sought concealment from the searchlight.
covering
hiding
disguising
camouflage
Her merrymaking was only a camouflage to disguise her grief.
4 (noun)
suppression of official documents
Synonyms
hiding
censorship
hushing up
stonewalling
Quotation
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression: if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining [Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of camouflage
Her merrymaking was only a camouflage to disguise her grief.
Synonyms
disguise,
front (informal),
cover,
screen,
blind,
mask,
cloak,
guise,
masquerade,
subterfuge,
concealment
in the sense of crackdown
Definition
severe or repressive measures
The government have announced a crackdown on welfare fraud.
Synonyms
clampdown,
crushing,
repression,
suppression
in the sense of restraint
Definition
a restraining or being restrained
A Bill of Rights would act as a restraint on judicial power.