Noun: suppression su'pre-shun
- Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
"the suppression of heresy";
- crushing, quelling, stifling
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
"His suppression of angry feelings led to stress";
- inhibition
- The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
"a suppression of the newspaper";
- curtailment
- The failure to develop some part or organ
"Genetic suppression of certain traits can occur in plant breeding"
Derived forms: suppressions
Type of: abstinence, bar, development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, prevention, restraint
Encyclopedia: Suppression