suppression
noun
the act of suppressing.
self-suppression
-
a word derived from
suppression.
Example Sentences
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You want that without always having to stand your ground, which gets exhausting quickly and leads to self-suppression.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2023
But in our society of self-suppression, nothing is more subject to instant judgment than clothing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2019
But Rice has an authentic center, knows that if she ran for office “every compromise and stifling and self-suppression to be performed would … devour her with shame.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
Shame is our hidden essence; the ugliest part of a thing is its truest part; being decent or kind or liberal is a sign of self-suppression or weakness; cynicism is knowledge.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 10, 2017
The effect of his system was negative; the higher life was to be one of self-suppression, a very different thing, surely, from self-crucifixion.
From The Making of an Apostle by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell
