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suppression Definition

sup·pres·sion (sə pres̸h′ən)

noun

  1. a suppressing or being suppressed
  2. Psychiatry
    1. the mechanism by which unacceptable ideas, impulses, etc. are suppressed
    2. something suppressed in this way

Etymology: L suppressio

suppression Synonyms

suppression

n.

abolition, obliteration, annihilation, overriding, suppressing, overthrow, elimination; see also defeat 2, destruction 1.

suppression Telecom Definition
Forceful constraint, prevention, or subduing. In electronics, the elimination or intentional attenuation of an unwanted oscillation, such as a sideband, a carrier, or an echo. In some voice encoding mechanisms, silence suppression senses periods of inactivity in a voice conversation and simply ceases sending data associated with that conversation. See also attenuation, carrier, echo, encode, oscillate, sideband, and silence suppression.
suppression Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • dissent: Human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, absolute power, these are the aspects of Myanmar emphasized in the BBC Country Profile.
  • monastery: The story that the last Abbot of Gloucester died of grief at the suppression of the monasteries is a pious legend.
  • rebellion: The suppression of the rebellion was completed on 29 April 1916.
  • revolt: There is certainly no excuse for the brutal suppression of the Albanian revolt that inevitably occurred.
  • priory: The most dramatic change in the post-medieval period was the suppression of the priory in 1539.

Converse of object

  • induce: These data establish that drug induced suppression of somatic expansion is possible.
  • justify: In addition to this, trade data is also analyzed to ensure that current trade patterns still justify the suppression remaining in place.

Adjective modifier

  • adrenal: No evidence of adrenal suppression was found in 12 studies that studied it.
  • racially-based: As I will explain, the practice of racially-based vote suppression is not only morally despicable and illegal.
  • ruthless: Pombal's whole program, however, was executed by ruthless suppression of all opposition.
  • immune: Unless HIV itself can be slowed down the symptoms of immune suppression will continue to worsen.
  • viral: Children who did not achieve viral load suppression or had viral load rebound had subsequent resistance tests.

Noun used with modifier

  • dexamethasone: This forms the basis of the ' dexamethasone suppression test ' .
  • androgen: Most men would probably welcome a " drug holiday " and a rest from the adverse effects of androgen suppression.
  • marrow: Bone marrow suppression: This only tends to occur with higher doses.
  • weed: Under the weed suppression fabric by the entrance to the drive at the edge of the heather bed, three frogs are huddling together.
  • dust: These were suitably managed, for example, through dust suppression methods.
  • surge: Guidance on the use and location of air valves in pipelines for both normal use and surge suppression is included.
suppression Quotes

Everyone knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression. If you hold down one thing you hold down the adjoining.

—Bellow, Saul