English-Thai Dictionary

suppression

N การ ปราบปราม  การ หยุดยั้ง  การ ขจัด  การ ล้มล้าง  abolition elimination quashing destruction kan-prab-pram

 

suppression

N การ อดกลั้น  การระงับ  การ ข่มจิต  constraint repression restraint kan-aod-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPRESSION

n.[L. suppressio.] 1. The act of suppressing, crushing or destroying; as the suppression of a riot, insurrection or tumult.
2. The act of retaining from utterance, vent or disclosure; concealment; as the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence and the like.
3. The retaining of any thing from public notice; as the suppression of a letter or any writing.
4. The stoppage, obstruction or morbid retention of discharges; as the suppression of urine, of diarrhea or other discharge.
5. In grammar or composition, omission; as the suppression of a word.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPPRESSION

Sup *pres "sion, n. Etym: [L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression. ]

 

1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.

 

2. (Med. )

 

Defn: Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain.

 

3. (Gram. )

 

Defn: Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

 

Syn. -- Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

suppression

sup pres sion |səˈpreSHən səˈprɛʃən | ▶noun the action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication: the forcible suppression of campus protests. • Medicine stoppage or reduction of a discharge or secretion. • Biology the absence or nondevelopment of a part or organ that is normally present. • Genetics the canceling of the effect of one mutation by a second mutation. • Psychology the restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful. • Psychoanalysis the conscious inhibition of unacceptable memories, impulses, or desires. • prevention of electrical interference.

 

Oxford Dictionary

suppression

sup |pres ¦sion |səˈprɛʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication: the heavy-handed suppression of political dissent. • Medicine stoppage or reduction of a discharge or secretion. • Biology the absence or non-development of a part or organ that is normally present. • Genetics the cancelling of the effect of one mutation by a second mutation. • Psychology the restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful. • Psychoanalysis the conscious inhibition of unacceptable memories, impulses, or desires. • prevention of electrical interference.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

suppression

suppression noun 1 the suppression of subversive activities: subduing, defeat, conquering, vanquishing, repression, crushing, quelling, quashing, squashing, stamping out, crackdown, clampdown, cowing, prevention, extinction; elimination, end, stopping, discontinuation, termination, halting, arrest. ANTONYMS incitement, encouragement. 2 the British seem to take great pride in the suppression of emotion: concealment, restraint, stifling, smothering, holding back, keeping back, choking back, control, keeping under control, checking, curbing, containing, bridling, inhibition, deadening, muffling. 3 nobody's interest is served by the suppression of the truth: censorship, keeping secret, concealment, hiding, keeping hidden, hushing up, gagging, withholding, covering up, smothering, stifling, muzzling, banning, non-disclosure, proscription, outlawing, restriction. ANTONYMS publication, disclosure.

 

Duden Dictionary

Suppression

Sup pres si on Substantiv, feminin Fachsprache , die |Suppressi o n |lateinisch suppressio, zu: suppressum, 2. Partizip von: supprimere, supprimieren Unterdrückung, Zurückdrängung

 

French Dictionary

suppression

suppression n. f. nom féminin Action de supprimer. : La suppression de certains passages d ’un roman. Note Orthographique su pp re ss ion.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

suppression

sup pres sion /səpréʃ (ə )n /名詞 U 1 抑圧 [鎮圧 ](すること ).2 (感情の )抑制 ; (生理機能の )抑止 ; 〘精神医 〙抑圧 .3 (事実などを )隠すこと ; (本などの )発売禁止 ; 削除 .