| NOUN | process | suppression | the failure to develop some part or organ |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | suppression, curtailment | the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | |
| act | suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling | forceful prevention | |
| act | suppression, inhibition | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires / desires |
| Sounds | sahpreh'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The failure to develop some part or organ. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
| Meaning | The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a suppression of the newspaper" | |
| Synonym | curtailment | |
| Broader | restraint | The act of controlling by restraining someone or something |
| Spanish | supresión | |
| Catalan | supressió | |
| Verbs | suppress | to put down by force or authority |
| Meaning | forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the suppression of heresy" | |
| Synonyms | crushing, quelling, stifling | |
| Narrower | crackdown | severely repressive actions |
| Broader | prevention, bar | The act of preventing / preventing |
| Spanish | represión, supresión | |
| Catalan | repressió, supressió | |
| Verbs | suppress | to put down by force or authority |
| suppress | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority | |
| Meaning | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires / desires. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | inhibition | |
| Category | psychology, psychological science | The science of mental life |
| Broader | abstinence | Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
| Spanish | cohibición, inhibición | |
| Catalan | cohibició, inhibició | |
| Verbs | suppress | put out of one's consciousness |
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