How do you pronounce suppression?

suppression is pronounced as /səˈprɛʃən/.

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suppression

✋suppression

noun

/səˈprɛʃən/

suppressible suppurate

Meaning

the act of forcibly stopping something or holding back feelings or actions

Example Sentences

The suppression of free speech led to protests.

Example Expressions

emotional suppression

Synonyms

control, restraint, repression, stifling, censorship

Antonyms

freedom, expression, encouragement

Collocations

political suppression, suppression of evidence, suppression of dissent

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