Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of suppressing.
- noun The state of being suppressed.
- noun Psychiatry Conscious exclusion of unacceptable desires, thoughts, or memories from the mind.
- noun Botany The failure of an organ or part to develop.
- noun Genetics The inhibition of gene expression.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of suppressing, crushing, or quelling, or the state of being suppressed, crushed, quelled, or the like: as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult.
- noun The act of concealing or withholding from utterance, disclosure, revelation, or publication: as, the suppression of truth, of evidence, or of reports.
- noun The stoppage or obstruction or the morbid retention of discharges: as, the suppression of a diarrhea, of saliva, or of urine.
- noun In botany, the absence, as in flowers, of parts requisite to theoretical completeness; abortion.
- noun In psychology, a phenomenon of binocular vision, consisting in the exclusive predominance of a single monocular image and the consequent disappearance of the other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression
- noun (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion.
- noun (Gram.) Omission.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or instance of
suppressing . - noun The state of being
suppressed . - noun A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
- noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
- noun (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- noun the failure to develop some part or organ
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Examples
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But as he seems to think that what he terms the suppression of the objections ought not to have been made “silently,” I now break that silence, and state exactly what it is that I suppressed, and why.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839
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About 300 reporters and photographers rallied Saturday against what they called the suppression of press freedom and freedom of expression during Vice Premier Li Keqiang's visit.
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The Chamber had fought what it called the suppression of company participation in elections, and hailed the Supreme Court decision in the case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Indian army is stopping the violence which you all call suppression then so the Pakistan army is in the same boat.
arabnews - frontpage 2010
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The Chamber had fought what it called the suppression of company participation in elections, and hailed the Supreme Court decision in the case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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Voter suppression is the most under-reported political scandal of our lifetimes.
Glenn W. Smith: The Struggle for Voting Rights in 2010 Glenn W. Smith 2010
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Voter suppression is the most under-reported political scandal of our lifetimes.
Glenn W. Smith: The Struggle for Voting Rights in 2010 Glenn W. Smith 2010
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This week, I want to discuss something I call "suppression, regression, depression."
Craig Ing: Suppression, Regression, Depression Craig Ing 2011
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•Trouble spot:: With at least five new starters projected for an overhauled defense, fixing the run suppression is a priority.
'More consistent, more urgent' Falcons out to defy own history 2009
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On the other hand, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility have been critical of her work there, claiming that she has a "highly politicized approach to decision-making that resulted in suppression of scientific information, issuance of gag orders and threats against professional staff members who dared to voice concerns."
Another Woman Scientist on the Obama Team: Lisa Perez Jackson of the EPA Peggy 2009
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