Definitions
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin suppressiō.
Used in a sentence
“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.”
“In these circumstances the Communist guerrillas had survived Kuomintang suppression and in the autumn of 1931 they had launched a rising in the Huanglung Mountains of north Shensi.”
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