suppression

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or instance of suppressing.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being suppressed.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

Synonyms

repression
C2
oppression
C2
control
A2
restraint
C2
mastery
24k
subjugation
quelling
inhibition
48k
management
B2
check
A1
checking
B1
governing
21k
crushing
C1
suppressing
26k
destruction
B2
stifling
23k
concealment
39k
restraining
C2
subduing
constraint
47k
establishment
C1
system
A2
organization
B2
pacification
smothering
29k
curtailment
government
A2
regulation
C2
ascendancy
pressure
B1
quashing
quench
21k
rejection
C2
removal
C2
silence
B1
stifle
29k
subdue
21k
subject
B1
subjection
subsidiary
30k
supremacy
24k
yield
C1
falling out

keep in check

imperial command

holding back

gaining total control

depression
C1
organisation
C2
prevention
C2
Translations

Unterdrückung
répression
supresión
Unterwerfung
suppression

κατάπνιξη

oppression
represión
Kontrolle
soppressione
restriction

καταστολή

inhibition
supressió

Bändigung

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈpɹɛʃən/
Etymology

From Latin suppressiō.

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