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

“The FDA’s war on public health is about to end,” he wrote, decrying the agency’s “aggressive suppression” of such worthless anti-COVID nostrums as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

From Los Angeles Times

For instance, standard plantation management usually includes suppression of the undergrowth by using large amounts of herbicides and fertilizers.

From Science Daily

The planning, they acknowledge, responds to a hypothetical worst case in which a second Trump presidency ushers in systematic suppression of free speech and criminalization of dissent.

From Salon

There were rumours involving government suppression of the story, for reasons unknown.

From BBC

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

Related Words

• elimination
• overthrow