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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.
EXPANDRadio, Electronics. the elimination of a component of a varying emission, as the elimination of a frequency or group of frequencies from a signal.
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Suppression
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- Organic weed control encourages weed suppression rather than elimination.
- The suppression of names was intended to crush allegiances that might supersede loyalty to the state.
- They also lived in an era of heavy government oppression and suppression of basic human rights.
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World English Dictionary
| suppression (səˈprɛʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of suppressing or the condition of being suppressed |
| 2. | psychoanal Compare repression the conscious avoidance of unpleasant thoughts |
| 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 |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
suppression sup·pres·sion (sə-prěsh'ən)
n.
The act of suppressing or the state of being suppressed.
Conscious exclusion of unacceptable desires, thoughts, or memories from the mind.
The sudden arrest of the secretion of a fluid, such as urine or bile.
The checking or curtailing of an abnormal flow or discharge.
The effect of a second genetic mutation that reverses a phenotypic change that had been caused by a previous mutation at a different location on the chromosome.
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