What is the meaning of suppression?

noun

  • The failure to develop some part or organ.
  • The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation.
    • usage: "a suppression of the newspaper"
  • Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.
    • usage: "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
  • Psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires. (.
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APAWordNet. (2010). suppression. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/suppression/definitions/1193350
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