SUPPRESSION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

suppression

noun

sə-ˈpre-shən

Definition of suppression

as in restraint

the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away

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Recent Examples of suppression Firefighters are containing the fires by using direct suppression along the edges of the fire and indirect strategies to keep the fires from spreading. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026 His overreaching executive authority and voter suppression attempts amount to subversive governance. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Climate change and a century of wildfire suppression have made forests drier and more crowded. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Fard argued in the Middle East Forum that Heydari's previous public rhetoric surrounding protest suppression indicates that Tehran has increasingly integrated the regular army into its domestic-security posture. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suppression

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Noun

If the answer is yes, then waiting ceases to be a strategy of restraint and begins to look like gradual erosion of power and strength.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Meghna Gulzar has a very distinctive voice and an ability to approach difficult subjects with both restraint and intensity.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of restraint

Noun

However, these reports cannot cover every human rights violation that experts know about, especially in countries with low government transparency or high levels of repression.

— K. Chad Clay, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Indeed, conflict and calamities are major factors in financial repression.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of repression

Noun

The university, like campuses nationwide, is barred by federal privacy law from discussing individual discipline cases or internal deliberations, even when a student goes public.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Eisenhower possessed iron discipline, sunny self-confidence and a mind that loved organizational challenges.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of discipline

Noun

As art and its creators have shed their inhibitions in this post-Sadean world, politicians and cultural commentators have reliably lined up to condemn this total freedom of expression as being dangerous to society.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Put inhibitions aside to experience the latest episode of Doc Talk, hosted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley), and Matt Carey, Deadline’s senior documentary editor.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 June 2026

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