as in restraint
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away
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Recent Examples of suppression
Advertisement Advertisement But the Administration only appears more emboldened to pursue what experts have described as a media suppression strategy, and Carr may already have his next target.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Using ovarian suppression medicines during treatment may help protect the ovaries from damage.
—Julie Scott, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
In the years following the murder of George Floyd, despite the pledges and proclamations supposedly supporting racial equity and justice, many creators reported censorship and suppression online.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Any foreign order demanding the removal or suppression of such speech faces major constitutional hurdles.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Using ovarian suppression medicines during treatment may help protect the ovaries from damage.
—Julie Scott, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
In the years following the murder of George Floyd, despite the pledges and proclamations supposedly supporting racial equity and justice, many creators reported censorship and suppression online.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Any foreign order demanding the removal or suppression of such speech faces major constitutional hurdles.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppression
Noun
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The reports obtained by The Post show a barrage of complaints from youth that staff used excessive force during restraints or other physical management responses at the state’s 14 facilities.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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But Trump in his second term has discarded any remaining shreds of conservative restraint (small government?—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Colonial repression and factionalism divided nationalists and left them fighting bitterly over who were the true heirs to the March First Movement.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Developed with Portugal’s Dança em Diálogos and premiered abroad last spring, the work transforms stories of repression into dance, underscoring art’s power to resist authoritarian control.—
Sean Erwin,
Miami Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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The refinement of his technique and the discipline of his eyes got better as the game went along.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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The program uses the arts to foster discipline, work ethics, personal growth and emotional well-being.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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This also supports the idea that swearing can momentarily activate mental states that reduce inhibition and allow the body and mind to perform at a higher level.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lockwood’s lack of inhibition can lead to trouble.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppression. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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