Associations to the word «Suppression»

Wiktionary

SUPPRESSION, noun. The act or instance of suppressing.
SUPPRESSION, noun. The state of being suppressed.
SUPPRESSION, noun. A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
SUPPRESSION ORDER, noun. A gag order.
SUPPRESSION ORDERS, noun. Plural of suppression order

Dictionary definition

SUPPRESSION, noun. The failure to develop some part or organ.
SUPPRESSION, noun. The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper".
SUPPRESSION, noun. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent".
SUPPRESSION, noun. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.