Synonyms for Suppression
səˈprɛʃ ənsup·pres·sion

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1. suppressionnoun

   the failure to develop some part or organ

   Synonyms:
   stifling, crushing, curtailment, quelling, inhibition

2. suppression, curtailmentnoun

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

   "a suppression of the newspaper"

   Synonyms:
   inhibition, stifling, quelling, curtailment, downsizing, crushing, retrenchment, suppression

3. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingnoun

   forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

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

   Synonyms:
   stifling, crushing, curtailment, suppression, quelling, inhibition

4. inhibition, suppressionnoun

   (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

   Synonyms:
   inhibition, forbiddance, stifling, curtailment, prohibition, crushing, quelling, suppression

Matched Categories

1. • Abstinence
   • Growth
   • Prevention
   • Psychology

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   overthrow, crushing, quelling

2. suppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, repression, check, stoppage

3. suppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   concealment

4. suppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram. & Rhet.) omission (as of a letter or a word)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suppressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   quelling, overthrow, repression, restraint, concealment, secretion

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1. List of paraphrases for "suppression":

   repression, deletion, crackdown, oppression, punishment, repressive, suppressing, abolition, compression, elimination, suppress, removal, abolishment, extinction, enforcement, punishing, punish, delete, law-enforcement, deleting, eradication

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How to use Suppression in a sentence?

1. Joe Biden:

   The question is, where will the institution of the United States Senate stand ? Every senator, Democrat, Republican and independent, will have to declare where they stand not just for the moment, but for the ages, will President Joe Biden stand against voter suppression ? Yes or no ? That's the question President Joe Biden'll answer. Will President Joe Biden stand to against election subversion ? Yes or no ? We stand for democracy ? Yes or no.

2. Geoffrey Kabaservice:

   The Republican appetite for vote suppression ultimately springs from the lack of confidence in the popular appeal of its ideas, otherwise you wouldn't need to do that. ... I think the party has not just given up on ever winning majority status, it has given up on trying to persuade people who are not already in the camp.

3. Foreign Minister Qin:

   Containment and suppression will not make America great, and the US will not stop the rejuvenation of China.

4. Lindsey Cormack:

   Voter suppression laws that make it harder for any poor and middle-class people to vote make it so that members of Congress have less of a reason to listen to the wants of people who are less likely to be able to turn out and vote.

5. Raj Dasgupta:

   Depending on how much and how late you drink, this suppression of ADH can carry into the night—even when you're sleeping.