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suppression

/səˈpɹɛʃən/noun3 syllables

Suppression means: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.

Synonyms for suppression5

noun, as in forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

crushing, quelling, stifling

noun, as in the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

curtailment

noun, as in (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

inhibition

What does suppression mean?4

noun

1

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority“the suppression of heresy”

2

the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation“a suppression of the newspaper”

3

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

4

the failure to develop some part or organ

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with suppression?21

two syllables

session
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Suppression in a sentence

  • A caged bird represents a suppression of some urge or drive.Eccles17
  • Suppression and distortion of historical facts are unacceptable.AlanF_US
  • The biggest threat to democracy in the United States is voter suppression.karloelkebekio
  • Woke culture is the suppression of freedom of speech in the name of freedom of speech.Amastan
  • Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.unknown
  • Without voter suppression, the U.S. Republican Party would never win elections.shekitten

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Forms of suppression

as a noun

plural
suppressions