About The Word Suppression
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Suppression
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What's The Definition Of Suppression?
[n] (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
[n] forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [n] the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper" [n] (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant Synonyms | Synonyms for Suppression: crushing | curtailment | inhibition | quelling | stifling Related Terms | Find terms related to Suppression: See Also | abstinence | bar | crackdown | development | growing | growth | maturation | ontogenesis | ontogeny | prevention | restraint Suppression In Webster's Dictionary \Sup*pres"sion\, n. [L. suppressio: cf. F.
suppression.]
1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed;
repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection,
or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of
evidence, and the like.
2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or
excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in
contradiction to retention, which signifies that the
secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
--Quain.
3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
Syn: Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression;
detention; retention; obstruction.
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