suppression
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the failure to develop some part or organ
Types & categories
- growth hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
a suppression of the newspaper
Types & categories
- restraint hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
the suppression of heresy
Types & categories
- prevention hypernym
- crackdown hyponym
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Sense 4 noun
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Types & categories
- abstinence hypernym
Related & opposite
- suppress derivation
- repress derivation
- psychology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | growth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bottle up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | squelch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stifle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crush |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | prevention |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | crackdown |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | repress |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychology |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | abstinence |