What does suppression mean?

Definitions for suppression
səˈprɛʃ ənsup·pres·sion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. suppressionnoun

    the failure to develop some part or organ

  2. suppression, curtailmentnoun

    the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

    "a suppression of the newspaper"

  3. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingnoun

    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

    "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

  4. inhibition, suppressionnoun

    (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Wiktionary

  1. suppressionnoun

    The act or instance of suppressing.

  2. suppressionnoun

    The state of being suppressed.

  3. suppressionnoun

    A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Suppressionnoun

    Etymology: suppression, Fr. suppressio, Lat. from suppress.

    You may depend upon a suppression of these verses. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. suppression

    Suppression generally refers to the act of stopping, ending or preventing something from happening, being seen, or expressed. It can be used in various contexts such as in psychology (preventing emotions or desires from being expressed), in medical terms (halting the progression of a disease), or in politics (preventing opposition or rebellion).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Suppressionnoun

    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. Suppressionnoun

    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. Suppressionnoun

    omission; as, the suppression of a word

Wikidata

  1. Suppression

    Suppression of an eye is a subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia. The brain can eliminate double vision by ignoring the images of one of the eyes. This can lead to Amblyopia. During an eye examination, suppression may be evaluated with tests such as the Worth 4 dot test, and the 4 prism Base out test. Suppression may treated with vision therapy, though there is a wide range of opinions on long-term effectiveness between eye care professionals, with little scientific evidence of long-term improvement of suppression, if the underlying cause is not addressed.

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.

Suggested Resources

  1. Suppression

    Suppression vs. Repression -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Suppression and Repression.

Entomology

  1. Suppression

    the non-development of a part normally present.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suppression in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suppression in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of suppression in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Cheng:

    The suppression of the pro-democracy movement meant that there was no toleration of an opposition, no toleration of checks and balances.

  2. Hillary Holley:

    Fair Fight Action's work with dedicated voting rights activists throughout Georgia has led to enormous gains in voter registrations in our state -- particularly among voters of color, who have helped spearhead advocacy for critical federal voting rights legislation to protect our democracy while also blocking Republicans' most dangerous anti-voter proposals in state legislatures, now, with the GOP's voter suppression campaign ramping up in state houses across the country, Fair Fight Action is proud to join with Michelle Obama and When We All Vote alongside other civil and voting rights organizations to fight back against Republicans' anti-voter agenda. We're ready to work with our allies to recruit new volunteers and keep organizing Americans to push for the Senate to pass new federal protections for voting rights at a time when we need them more than ever.

  3. John Lewis:

    Supreme Court justices believe Supreme Court justices will outwork and out-organize them and find ways to overcome voter suppression, that's been the history of Supreme Court justices experience with voting in this country -- having to overcome those barriers.

  4. Kamala Harris:

    Lets say this loud and clear, Without voter suppression, Stacey Abrams would be the governor of Georgia. Andrew Gillum is the governor of Florida.

  5. Raphael Warnock:

    In a moment when they’re trying to make voting harder and harder — trying to cut down early voting, because they saw your strength. Dealing with these voter ID laws, this is not about voter verification, this is about voter suppression. They’re still playing the same games.

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