suppression

English Thesaurus

1. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (noun.act)

hypernym	:	abstinence,
definition	:	act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite (noun.act)

domain category	:	psychological science, psychology,
definition	:	the science of mental life (noun.cognition)

2. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority (noun.act)

hypernym	:	bar, prevention,
definition	:	the act of preventing (noun.act)

hyponym	:	crackdown,
definition	:	severely repressive actions (noun.act)

3. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation (noun.act)

hypernym	:	restraint,
definition	:	the act of controlling by restraining someone or something (noun.act)

4. the failure to develop some part or organ (noun.process)

hypernym	:	development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny,
definition	:	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level (noun.process)

5. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (noun.act)

derivation	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

derivation	:	repress, suppress,
definition	:	put out of one's consciousness (verb.cognition)

6. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority (noun.act)

derivation	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

derivation	:	quell, quench, squelch,
definition	:	suppress or crush completely (verb.change)

derivation	:	muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle,
definition	:	conceal or hide (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crush, oppress, suppress,
definition	:	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (verb.social)

7. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation (noun.act)

derivation	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

derivation	:	bottle up, inhibit, suppress,
definition	:	control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior (verb.social)

8. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (noun.act)

derivation	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

derivation	:	repress, suppress,
definition	:	put out of one's consciousness (verb.cognition)

9. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority (noun.act)

derivation	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

derivation	:	quell, quench, squelch,
definition	:	suppress or crush completely (verb.change)

derivation	:	muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle,
definition	:	conceal or hide (verb.contact)

derivation	:	crush, oppress, suppress,
definition	:	come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (verb.social)

10. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation (noun.act)

derivation	:	conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress,
definition	:	to put down by force or authority (verb.change)

derivation	:	bottle up, inhibit, suppress,
definition	:	control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior (verb.social)