Up till now America has called itself the world's police and continued suppression relying on military force.
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Suppression
//səˈpɹɛʃən//
Synonyms for "suppression" (244 found)
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crushingcurtaindefense mechanismdelaydenialderacinationdespotismdetachmentdetainmentdetentiondisallowancediscontinuationdiscreetnessdiscretiondistancedomesticationdominationeighteenth amendmenteliminationembargo
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endendingeradicationexclusionexpressionlessnessexterminationextinctionextinguishmentextirpationfixationfoot draggingfoot-draggingforbiddanceforbidden fruitforbiddingfrigidityfrostinessgentlingguardednesshalthaltinghamperinghidinghinderinghindranceholdbackholdingholding inholduphumblinghumiliationhush-upicinessimpassivenessimpassivityimpedimentimpersonalityinaccessibilityindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitoruminjunctioninterdictinterdictinginterdictioninterdictuminterferenceinterruptionintroversioniron curtain
Noun(3 words)
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ironbound securitykeepinglawletliquidationlocking inmaintenancemental blockmodestynegationnegativismno nono-nonuisance valuenullificationoath of secrecyobstructingobstructionobstructionismocclusion
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official secrecyoppositionoppressionoverthrowpallpersecutionprecludingpreclusionprehensionpreservationpreventionprohibitingprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscriptionpsychological blockpurgeput-downputting downquashingquellingquenchingquietingreductionrefusalrejectionremotenessrepressionreservereservednessresistancerestrainingrestraintrestrictionrestrictive covenantsretainmentretardationretardmentretentionretentivenessretentivityreticencereticencyretirementrooting outruling outseal of secrecysecrecysecuritysetbacksilencingsmashingsmotheringsnuffing outsquashingsqueezesquelchingstandoffishnessstatutestiflingstopstoppingstrangleholdstranglingstrangulationstricturesubdualsubduednesssubduingsublimationsuffocatingsuffocationsumptuary lawssurceasesymbolizationtabootamingtenacityterminatingterminationthrottlingtreading downtyrannyunaffabilityunapproachabilityuncongenialityundemonstrativenessunexpansivenessuprootingveilveil of secrecyvoidingvolstead actwithdrawalwithdrawnnesswithholdingwrapszoningzoning laws
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17 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- потискане noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
Esperanto
1 entries- subpremo noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
German
2 entries- Unterdrückung noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
- Verdrängung noun (psychology)
Greek
1 entries- εξάλειψη noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
Hungarian
4 entries- elfojtás noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
- elhallgattatás noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
- elhallgatás noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
- elnyomás noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
Polish
4 entries- represja noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
- represja noun (psychology)
- tłumienie noun (the act or instance of suppressing)
- wyparcie noun (psychology)
Sample sentences
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Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
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Up till now the United States has called itself the world's police and continues suppression relying on military force.
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A caged bird represents a suppression of some urge or drive.
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