suppression

[ suh-presh-uhn ]

noun

1. the act of suppressing.
2. the state of being suppressed.
3. Psychoanalysis. conscious inhibition of an impulse.
4. Botany. the absence of parts normally or usually present due to the action of frost, disease, or insects.
5. Radio, Electronics. the elimination of a component of a varying emission, as the elimination of a frequency or group of frequencies from a signal.
6. Electricity. the reduction or elimination of irregular current oscillations or frequencies in a circuit.

suppression

/ səˈprɛʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed
2. psychoanal the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughts Compare repression
3. electronics the act or process of suppressing a frequency, oscillation, etc
4. biology the failure of an organ or part to develop
5. med the cessation of any physiological process

Other Words From

• nonsup·pression noun
• resup·pression noun
• self-sup·pression noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppression¹

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin suppressiōn-, stem of suppressiō “a pressing under”; equivalent to suppress + -ion

Example Sentences

This has been around at least since the 1960s, when former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was involved in “Operation Eagle Eye,” a Republican voter suppression operation in Arizona.

From Salon

The popular vote win "once again another indication that the idea that Trump can only win through voter suppression or some kind of institutional failure is unfounded," Fraga said.

From Salon

“If you are in California or if you’re in New York, and when you think about how enormous a force that can be in voter suppression, there may be nothing quite like it.”

From Salon

More Than A Vote worked with a nonpartisan voting rights group to fight voter suppression.

From Los Angeles Times

He also serves on the board of advisors of Let America Vote, an organization that aims to end voter suppression and on the advisory board of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, an international grassroots environmental group.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• elimination
• overthrow