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suppression.

The act or instance of suppressing.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/səˈpɹɛʃən/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/səˈpɹeʃən/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. The act or instance of suppressing.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The state of being suppressed.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin supprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin suppressiōbor. English suppression Borrowed from Latin suppressiō.

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