suppression

sup·pres·sion

noun \sə-ˈpre-shən\

Definition of SUPPRESSION

1

: an act or instance of suppressing : the state of being suppressed

2

: the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling

Examples of SUPPRESSION

1. <learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away>

First Known Use of SUPPRESSION

15th century

Related to SUPPRESSION

Synonyms

continence, discipline, discretion, inhibition, refrainment, repression, reserve, restraint, self-command, self-control, self-restraint, constraint

Antonyms

disinhibition, incontinence, unconstraint

Related Words

command, control, mastery, possession; self-censorship, self-containment, self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery, will, willpower; composure, self-poise, self-possession; aloofness, detachedness, distance; bashfulness, modesty, shyness; reticence, silence, taciturnity

Near Antonyms

self-abandonment, uninhibitedness; unrestrainedness; gratification, indulgence, overindulgence, self-indulgence; bluntness, candor, frankness; immoderacy, intemperance

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with SUPPRESSION

accession, aggression, bull session, compression, concession, confession, depression, digression, discretion, egression, expression, impression, ingression, jam session, obsession, oppression, precession, procession, profession, progression, recession, refreshen, regression, repression, secession, skull session, succession, transgression

sup·pres·sion

noun \sə-ˈpresh-ən\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SUPPRESSION

: an act or instance of suppressing: as a : stoppage of a bodily function or a symptom <suppression of urine secretion> <suppression of a cough> b : the failure of development of a bodily part or organ c : the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling—compare repression 2a