Suppression

Quick meaning: Suppression is a noun meaning The act or instance of suppressing.

Meaning

The act or instance of suppressing.

More Meanings

1. The state of being suppressed.
2. (psychology) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
3. (military) The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
4. (of an eye) A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• suppressions

Synonyms for suppression

Depending on context, synonyms include inhibition, quelling, crushing, curtailment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inhibition, quelling, curtailment, crushing, suppressing, repressive.

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