suppression
noun
sup·pres·sion
sə-ˈpre-shən 
1
: an act or instance of suppressing : the state of being suppressed
2
: the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling
Synonyms
Examples of suppression in a Sentence
learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away
Recent Examples on the Web
Authorities said officers with the violent crimes suppression unit saw people involved in an altercation.
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Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Efforts to combat voter suppression, expand access to the ballot box, and ensure fair representation are necessary to strengthen democracy and enact policies that mirror the wide range of interests of all Americans.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On March 5, an 18-year-old man was wounded by gang suppression unit detectives near the Fruitridge Community and Aquatics Center in south Sacramento after an attempt to conduct a traffic stop.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2024
Accelerating climate change, coupled with a century of suppression of wildfire, has created thick stands of trees primed to burn across much of the American West.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
Tiktok's entire case, like talking to that judge, was First Amendment and free speech suppression.
—Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
New Hampshire authorities have been investigating the calls as a potential violation of the state’s voter suppression law.
—Holly Ramer, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
There is plenty to criticize in China’s record: its theft of technology, its suppression of workers’ rights and the press, its enormous expansion of coal power, its repression of Tibet and Hong Kong, its threatening behavior toward Taiwan, and its atrocious policies toward the Uyghur people.
—Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
In February, the government engaged in local elections without reports of violence, disinformation, voter suppression, or intimidation.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Efforts to combat voter suppression, expand access to the ballot box, and ensure fair representation are necessary to strengthen democracy and enact policies that mirror the wide range of interests of all Americans.
—Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On March 5, an 18-year-old man was wounded by gang suppression unit detectives near the Fruitridge Community and Aquatics Center in south Sacramento after an attempt to conduct a traffic stop.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2024
Accelerating climate change, coupled with a century of suppression of wildfire, has created thick stands of trees primed to burn across much of the American West.
—ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
Tiktok's entire case, like talking to that judge, was First Amendment and free speech suppression.
—Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
New Hampshire authorities have been investigating the calls as a potential violation of the state’s voter suppression law.
—Holly Ramer, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
There is plenty to criticize in China’s record: its theft of technology, its suppression of workers’ rights and the press, its enormous expansion of coal power, its repression of Tibet and Hong Kong, its threatening behavior toward Taiwan, and its atrocious policies toward the Uyghur people.
—Bernie Sanders, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2024
In February, the government engaged in local elections without reports of violence, disinformation, voter suppression, or intimidation.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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suppression
noun
sup·pres·sion
sə-ˈpresh-ən
: 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 sense 2a
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