suppression
[suh-presh-uh n]
- the act of suppressing.
- the state of being suppressed.
- Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
- Botany. the absence of parts normally or usually present due to the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- Radio, Electronics. the elimination of a component of a varying emission, as the elimination of a frequency or group of frequencies from a signal.
- Electricity. the reduction or elimination of irregular current oscillations or frequencies in a circuit.
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Origin of suppression
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Contemporary Examples
Among others, they include interference with sleep and suppression of appetite.
He predicts that after the March 16 referendum, the suppression of dissidents and even ethnic cleansing could become more common.
First, Republican legislatures have ratcheted up the attempts at suppression.
Our government has failed to denounce the suppression of democracy.
Among the ancient Greeks, Aristotle was certainly not one to regard the suppression of justifiable anger as admirable.
Historical Examples
But Mr. Wititterly's feelings were beyond the power of suppression.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens
Her affection for her children was expressed by the suppression of all signs of anxiety.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
Suppression: the non-development of a part normally present.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
At last their violence arose to a height which brought on their suppression.
A Tour in IrelandArthur Young
The business was stated to be the suppression of Popery and the healing of the jars of the Church.
Andrew MelvilleWilliam Morison
suppression
- the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed
- psychoanal the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughtsCompare repression (def. 2)
- electronics the act or process of suppressing a frequency, oscillation, etc
- biology the failure of an organ or part to develop
- med the cessation of any physiological process
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Word Origin and History for suppression
n.
1520s, from Latin suppressionem (nominative suppresio), noun of action from past participle stem of supprimere (see suppress).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
suppression
(sə-prĕsh′ən)- The act of suppressing or the state of being suppressed.
- Conscious exclusion of unacceptable desires, thoughts, or memories from the mind.
- The sudden arrest of the secretion of a fluid, such as urine or bile.
- The checking or curtailing of an abnormal flow or discharge.
- The effect of a second genetic mutation that reverses a phenotypic change that had been caused by a previous mutation at a different location on the chromosome.
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