v.
- forcibly put an end to.
- prevent from being expressed or published.
▸Psychoanalysis consciously avoid thinking of (an unpleasant idea or memory).
- prevent or inhibit (a process or phenomenon).
Derivative
- suppressible adj.
- suppression n.
- suppressive adj.
- suppressor n.
Etymology
ME: from L. suppress-, supprimere ‘press down’.