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Suppression

//səˈpɹɛʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or instance of suppressing. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being suppressed. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority wordnet
  5. 5
    A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation wordnet
  2. 7
    The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  3. 8
    the failure to develop some part or organ wordnet
  4. 9
    A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin suppressiō.

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