Suppression
The term suppression may refer to:
- Oppression, the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner, also an act or instance of oppressing
- Censorship, the suppression of public communication considered objectionable to the general body of people as determined by a government or media outlet
- Voter suppression, a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote
- Cultural suppression, occurs when a culture is suppressed, usually coinciding with the promotion of another culture, often related to cultural imperialism
- Religious intolerance, intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices by individuals, private groups, government agencies or the whole government
- Suppression of dissent, occurs when an individual or group tries to censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party rather than communicate logically
- Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts, associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Weapons
- Suppressor, a device attached to or part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the amount of noise and flash generated by firing the weapon
- Suppressive fire, weapons fire that degrades the performance of a target below the level needed to fulfill its mission
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