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suppression   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 sәˋprєʃәn 〕

Pronunciation

〔 sәˊpreʃn 〕


Overview of noun suppression

The noun suppression has 4 senses


  • suppression -- (the failure to develop some part or organ)

  • suppression, curtailment -- (the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper")

  • suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling -- (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent")

  • inhibition, suppression -- ((psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires)