Definition of suppression Suppression

/sʌpɹɛˈʃʌn/ - [supreshun] - sup•pres•sion

We found 11 definitions of suppression from 4 different sources.

What does suppression mean?

Noun Plural: suppressions
suppression - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
		crushing, quelling, stifling
		prevention, bar the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
suppression - the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
		curtailment
		restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
suppression - the failure to develop some part or organ
suppression - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
		inhibition
		abstinence act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
		psychological science, psychology the science of mental life

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suppression (Noun)
The act or instance of suppressing.
suppression (Noun)
The state of being suppressed.
suppression (Noun)
A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

suppression (n.)
The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
suppression (n.)
Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
suppression (n.)
Omission; as, the suppression of a word.