Definitions of suppression [əˈprɛʃ ən]

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Definition of 'suppression'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) suppression
the act of suppressing.

2.  suppression
the state of being suppressed.

3.  suppression
Psychoanal.

4.  suppression
conscious or unconscious inhibition of a painful memory or idea.

5.  suppression
conscious inhibition of an impulse.

Etymology: (1520–30; < L suppressiō a pressing down)

Definition of 'suppression'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) suppression
the failure to develop some part or organ

2. (noun) suppression, curtailment
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
"a suppression of the newspaper"

3. (noun) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
"the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

4. (noun) inhibition, suppression
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Definition of 'suppression'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) suppression
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. (noun) suppression
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

3. (noun) suppression
omission; as, the suppression of a word

Definition of 'suppression'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. suppression
Temporary or transient degradation by an opposing force of the performance of a weapons system below the level needed to fulfill its mission objectives.

Translation of 'suppression'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to prevent from being published, known etc to suppress information.
Afrikaans: onderdrukking	Arabic: قَمْع، كَبْت، إخْفاء	Bulgarian: потискане
Brazilian: supressão	Czech: potlačení, zákaz	German: die Unterdrückung
Danish: undertrykkelse; tilbageho	Greek: συγκάλυψη, απόκρυψη	Spanish: supresión; represión; pro
Estonian: mahasurumine	Farsi: سركوبي	Finnish: nujertaminen
French: suppression, interdiction	Hebrew: דִיכּוּי	Hindi: दमन, उन्नमूलन
Croatian: ugušenje, zabrana	Hungarian: elnyomás, elfojtás; elhal	Indonesian: penghentian
Icelandic: niðurbæling; bann	Italian: soppressione; repressione	Japanese: 鎮圧
Korean: 억압	Lithuanian: numalšinimas, nuslopinima	Latvian: apspiešana; noklusēšana
Malay: tindakan menumpaskan	Dutch: onderdrukking	Norwegian: undertrykkelse; fortielse
Polish: stłumienie, powstrzymanie	Persian: سركوبي	Pashto: وهل، ماتی، سرکوبی
Portuguese: supressão	Romanian: reprimare, suprimare; in	Russian: подавление; сдерживание;з
Slovak: potlačenie; zákaz	Slovenian: ukinitev	Serbian: potiskivanje
Swedish: undertryckande	Thai: การปราบปราม	Turkish: baskı, tutma
Taiwanese: 查禁，平定	Ukrainian: придушення; заборона	Urdu: بندش، دباؤ
Vietnamese: sự đàn áp, sự nén lại	Chinese: 查禁，平定
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