suppression
Pronunciation: /səˈpɹɛʃən/
The English word “suppression” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act or instance of suppressing.
- The state of being suppressed.
- A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
- The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
- A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suppressiō.
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More English words
- suppressibility
- suppressible
- suppressing
- suppressio veri
- suppression order
- suppressionism
- suppressionist
- suppressive
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