suppression
Other forms: suppressions
Suppression is the act of keeping something from happening — like the suppression of your laughter when your best friend passes you a funny note in class.
In psychology, suppression is the act of stopping yourself from thinking or feeling something. It is generally presumed to be ineffective because even if you suppress or hold back an emotion, like anger, that feeling returns with a vengeance. Suppression can also mean the act of holding something else back, like the suppression of a book from publication because you don't like its message.
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forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
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the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation“a suppression of the newspaper”synonyms: curtailmenttype of:restraintthe act of controlling by restraining someone or something
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the failure to develop some part or organtype of:development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desiressynonyms: inhibitiontype of:abstinenceact or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
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Vocabulary lists containing suppression
In the futuristic World State, the genetically altered citizens are happy and free of pain—but they cannot exercise free will. Learn these words from Huxley's influential dystopian novel, first published in 1932.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic "The Great Gatsby" is a glittering parade of parties and excess, but at its heart it is about identity and whether being wealthy in America can help you change who you really are. Here is a list of 100 great vocabulary words from the opening chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1926 novel "The Great Gatsby."