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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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