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
The stressors of the modern world, according to Piper, include political polarization; endless streams of catastrophic news on social media; workplace demands; environmental toxins; and widespread emotional suppression.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The chairman said the operation included deception and suppression tactics to ensure the safety of the U.S. aircraft.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 22 June 2025
Now, the group has a new exhibition opening Sunday at the San Diego Central Library that’s an expansion of the resistance to censorship that includes not just books and public libraries, but all areas of the suppression of ideas and art.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
On a final note: Though none of the artwork on display is offered for individual sale, there is an agricultural-grade fire suppression system on the land for that all-important peace of mind.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The chairman said the operation included deception and suppression tactics to ensure the safety of the U.S. aircraft.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 22 June 2025
Now, the group has a new exhibition opening Sunday at the San Diego Central Library that’s an expansion of the resistance to censorship that includes not just books and public libraries, but all areas of the suppression of ideas and art.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
On a final note: Though none of the artwork on display is offered for individual sale, there is an agricultural-grade fire suppression system on the land for that all-important peace of mind.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppression
Noun
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Shams Charania’s debut as part of ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage last week doubled as a herculean exercise in restraint.—
Peter A. Berry,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2025
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Most were secular, or observed religion privately and with restraint.—
Kian Tajbakhsh,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Mac's deeply closeted, Catholic-guilty homosexuality had been treated as a joke throughout the show's run, with the joke never truly being about Mac being gay, but about how his desperate repression had twisted him into a caricature of grasping masculinity.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The costs of academic repression, in other words, are not confined to elite institutions—they are borne by everyone.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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But the promise of fiscal discipline has become a straightjacket.—
Oliver Eagleton,
Time,
5 July 2025
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Prior to Vida, the Fort Wayne native studied culinary disciplines including butchery at Ivy Tech's Fort Wayne and Indianapolis campuses.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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Before the month comes to a close, Mercury will station retrograde in Leo, activating your 12th house of secrets, surrender and your subconscious, bringing up old memories or inhibitions that have been clouding your clarity.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Reservations and inhibitions have a way of slipping away in the Snake Pit.—
Shari Rudavsky,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppression. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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