suppression
英[sə'preʃ(ə)n]
美[sə'prɛʃən]
英英释意
- 1. (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant
- 2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation;
- "a suppression of the newspaper"
- 3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
- "the suppression of heresy"
- "the quelling of the rebellion"
- "the stifling of all dissent"
- 4. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires