suppression
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suppression
- /səˈpɹɛʃən/ Canada, US, UK
- /səˈpɹeʃən/ Australia, New Zealand
noun suppressions
- The act or instance of suppressing. The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.
- The state of being suppressed.
- A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
- The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others. In these circumstances the Communist guerrillas had survived Kuomintang suppression and in the autumn of 1931 they had launched a rising in the Huanglung Mountains of north Shensi.
- A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.
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Closest in meaning: inhibition, quelling, stifling, curtailment, crushing, suppressing, repressive, repression, prevention, suppress, abatement, lapsing, lapse, stopping, cessation, discontinuance
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noun the act or instance of suppressing
| हिन्दी | दमन daman |
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| Deutsch | Unterdrückung |
| Ελληνικά | εξάλειψη exáleipsi |
noun psychology
| Deutsch | Verdrängung |
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Talk about this word "suppression." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suppression. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. suppression. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suppression "suppression." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suppression.Cite this
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title = {suppression},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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