SUPPRESSION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
   Synonym(s)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) suppression is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abstinence (what does abstinence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • repress (what does repress mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
2. Meaning
   • forceful prevention
   • putting down by power or authority
   Synonym(s)
   • crushing (what does crushing mean?)
   • quelling (what does quelling mean?)
   • stifling (what does stifling mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the suppression of heresy
   • the quelling of the rebellion
   • the stifling of all dissent
   Hypernyms(s) suppression is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prevention (what does prevention mean?)
   • bar (what does bar mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • crackdown (what does crackdown mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • smother (what does smother mean?)
   • stifle (what does stifle mean?)
   • strangle (what does strangle mean?)
   • muffle (what does muffle mean?)
   • repress (what does repress mean?)
   • squelch (what does squelch mean?)
   • quell (what does quell mean?)
   • quench (what does quench mean?)
   • oppress (what does oppress mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
   • oppress (what does oppress mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
   Synonym(s)
   • curtailment (what does curtailment mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a suppression of the newspaper
   Hypernyms(s) suppression is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restraint (what does restraint mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • restrain (what does restrain mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • keep back (what does keep back mean?)
   • hold back (what does hold back mean?)
   • bottle up (what does bottle up mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant
   Hypernyms(s) suppression is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)