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

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, quelling, inhibition

4. inhibition, suppressionnoun

   (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

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

Matched Categories

1. • Abstinence
   • Growth
   • Prevention
   • Psychology

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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)

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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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1. Bryce Mitchell:

   That's how worried people are about the state of their country, they are worried about my health because I'm coming out and speaking the truth. That's the type of suppression and oppression that we're living in, brother.

2. King III:

   Senators now face one of the most existential choices of their tenure : protect our voting rights or go down in history as an enabler of voter suppression.

3. President Biden:

   Dealing with these voter ID laws, this is not about voter verification, this is about voter suppression. They’re still playing the same games.

4. John Sarbanes:

   The 2020 election underscored the need for comprehensive, structural democracy reform, americans across the country were forced to overcome rampant voter suppression, gerrymandering and a torrent of special-interest dark money just to exercise their vote and their voice in our democracy.

5. Adam Friedman:

   Since UV [ ultraviolet ] light is a carcinogen, now there's no reason to put one at risk for skin cancer, skin aging and even immune suppression.