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Textual thesaurus for "suppression"

(noun) inhibition

(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires


(noun) quelling, stifling, crushing

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

the suppression of heresy; the quelling of the rebellion; the stifling of all dissent


(noun) curtailment

the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

a suppression of the newspaper