suppression
pronunciation
How to pronounce suppression in British English:
UK [səˈpreʃn]
How to pronounce suppression in American English:
US [səˈprɛʃən]
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- Noun:
- (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant
- the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Word Origin
- suppression (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin suppressionem (nominative suppresio), noun of action from past participle stem of supprimere (see suppress).
Example
- 1. The suppression of uprisings across the arab world demanded an urgent response .
- 2. After a week of suppression and mass punishment , the syrian army has regained control of the town of jisr al-shughour .
- 3. Government suppression of information has stymied indigenous technological breakthroughs .
- 4. Ever since that debacle , the regime has declared it the justified suppression of a counterrevolutionary riot by a bunch of hooligans .
- 5. As the germans started enacting their infamous horrors against the polish population , the russians were embarking on a similar campaign of brutal suppression .