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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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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppression. Accessed 29 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of suppression was in the 15th century
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