suppression

[ suh-presh-uh n ]

/ səˈprɛʃ ən /

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noun

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.

Nearby words

suppositive, suppository, suppress, suppressant, suppressed carrier modulation, suppression, suppressive, suppressor, suppressor grid, suppressor mutation, suppressor t cell

Origin of suppression

1520–30; < Latin suppressiōn- (stem of suppressiō) a pressing under. See suppress, -ion

Related forms

non·sup·pres·sion, nounre·sup·pres·sion, nounself-sup·pres·sion, noun

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Examples from the Web for suppression

Among others, they include interference with sleep and suppression of appetite.
Why Giving Adderall to Toddlers Is So Completely, Utterly Wrong|Russell Saunders|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He predicts that after the March 16 referendum, the suppression of dissidents and even ethnic cleansing could become more common.
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First, Republican legislatures have ratcheted up the attempts at suppression.
Why Judge Posner Changed His Mind On Voter ID Laws|Richard L. Hasen|October 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Our government has failed to denounce the suppression of democracy.
Bloody Bloody Richard Nixon’s Role in a Forgotten Genocide|Nick Turse|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Among the ancient Greeks, Aristotle was certainly not one to regard the suppression of justifiable anger as admirable.
Our Right to Revenge After the Boston Attacks|Thane Rosenbaum|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is commonly remarked, that the suppression of external signs of feeling, makes feeling more intense.
Illustrations of Universal Progress|Herbert Spencer
Equality of imposts, and suppression of certain unjust taxes; 3.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 7 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
Surely, I thought, no suppression of their growth can be essential to their loveliness and truth and purity!
Lilith|George MacDonald
This was but a mild cant, and the suppression, at first, was only to be temporary.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli
Luke slightly postpones its beginning and very greatly antedates its suppression.
The Making of the New Testament|Benjamin W. Bacon

British Dictionary definitions for suppression

suppression

/ (səˈprɛʃən) /

noun

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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Medicine definitions for suppression

suppression

[ sə-prĕsh′ən ]

n.

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.