suppression

Meanings

Plural: suppressions

Noun

• the failure to develop some part or organ
• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
  • "a suppression of the newspaper"
• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  • "the suppression of heresy"
• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
• The act or instance of suppressing.
• The state of being suppressed.
• A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
• The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
• A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

Synonyms

crushing, curtailment, inhibition, quelling, stifling

Related Words

repression, suppress