suppressions
Acts of stifling
Suppressions is the plural of suppression—acts of putting down, holding back, or preventing something from appearing or being known.
Governments engage in suppressions of dissent.
Psychological suppressions keep unwanted thoughts from consciousness.
In publishing and advertising, suppressions refer to instances where content is blocked from circulation: The report documented suppressions of negative reviews.
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- bottlingPackaging liquids in containers
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
defense mechanism · unconscious · trauma · emotions · feelings · Freud · therapy · coping
Official content restriction
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
dissent · protest · freedom · resistance · regime · dictatorship · totalitarian · media
Causing to stop burning
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- retardantSubstance that slows something
smothering · water · foam · sprinklers · blaze · wildfire · combustion · oxygen
Facts supporting truth
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- documentsFormal written records
- discoveryAct of finding something
withheld · redaction · gag order · ruling · objection · inadmissible · records · disclosure
Unwanted auditory disturbance
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- echoReflected sound wave
feedback · cancellation · audio · vibration · resonance · damping · electronics · frequencies
Reduced bodily defense activation
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- steroidsPerformance-enhancing hormones
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
autoimmune · inflammation · therapy · drugs · bone marrow · cortisol · immune system · treatment
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- inhibitionMental check on behavior
- bottlingPackaging liquids in containers
avoidance · defense mechanism · unconscious · trauma · emotions · feelings · Freud · therapy · coping · buried
censorship
Official content restriction
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
authoritarianism · dissent · protest · freedom · resistance · regime · dictatorship · totalitarian · media · blackout
extinguishing
Causing to stop burning
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- flamesVisible burning combustion
retardant · smothering · water · foam · sprinklers · blaze · wildfire · combustion · oxygen · prevention
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- documentsFormal written records
discovery · withheld · redaction · gag order · ruling · objection · inadmissible · records · disclosure · subpoena
noise
Unwanted auditory disturbance
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- signalMessage-conveying cue
echo · feedback · cancellation · audio · vibration · resonance · damping · electronics · frequencies · static
immunosuppression
Reduced bodily defense activation
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- steroidsPerformance-enhancing hormones
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
rejection · autoimmune · inflammation · therapy · drugs · bone marrow · cortisol · immune system · treatment · cyclosporine
- religious ordersBenedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Carmelites
suppressionsrevelations
Surprising facts made known
disclosures · releases · exposures · unveilings · publications
suppressionsexpressions
Outward manifestations of feeling
publications · amplifications · articulations · promotions · encouragements
suppressionsreleases
Lets go or publishes
liberations · eruptions · outpourings · expressions · outbursts
- vote suppressionDiscouraging or preventing casting ballots
- voter suppressionTactics discouraging ballot access
- fire suppressionControlling or eliminating flames
- wage suppressionArtificially limiting worker compensation
- immune suppressionReduced defensive response capability
- noise suppressionEliminating unwanted audio signals