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suppression

suppression

n.

1. a conscious effort to put disturbing thoughts and experiences out of mind, or to control and inhibit the expression of unacceptable impulses and feelings. It is distinct from the unconscious defense mechanism of repression in psychoanalytic theory.

2. see conditioned suppression; response suppression. —suppress vb.

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