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
Examples of suppression in a Sentence
learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away
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Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
The incident demonstrates that freezing out a critical voice through administrative pressure constitutes an authoritarian suppression of dissent, with the blocking itself becoming more newsworthy and damaging to the administration than the governor’s original remarks would have been.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Codeine was marketed as a gentler alternative to morphine, particularly for cough suppression.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
In nearly every instance, the government has blamed foreign conspiracies instead of acknowledging legitimate grievances over the country’s economic collapse, political repression, corruption, social suppression, and international isolation.
—Omid Memarian, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suppression. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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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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