repression vs suppression

Definitions

noun

1. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
2. a state of forcible subjugation
3. the act of repressing; control by holding down

Examples

Pollution control work, then, is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression.

A reputation for tolerance and civil liberties had been replaced by violence and repression.

The last forty pages of the publication are dedicated to the numerous journalists who have fallen the victims of repression around the world.

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Definitions

noun

1. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
4. the failure to develop some part or organ

Examples

The acrylic acid, catechol best suppression bacterium respectively is the golden yellow staphylococcus and the saccharomycetes.

The most interesting features of federalist thought have to do with the suppression of faction.

Overall, hydrocortisone did not induce immunosuppression.

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