All 4 Uses of
suppress
in
Childhood's End
- Jean managed to suppress a nervous giggle.†
Chpt 7suppress = trying to keep under control
- The resulting mental picture was too comic to be comfortable, so she tried to suppress it by entering into the conversation.†
Chpt 7
- With some difficulty, George suppressed a giggle.†
Chpt 8 *suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- There were no mysterious murders to baffle the police and to arouse in a million breasts the moral indignation that was often suppressed envy.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
trying to keep under control
The exact meaning of suppress can depend upon its context. For example:
- "suppressed the revolution" -- to stop others from doing something by force
- "suppressed a smile" -- kept something from happening
- "suppressed the story" -- kept news from spreading
- "suppressed her fear" -- controlled an emotion
- "suppressed the memory" -- avoided thinking about (perhaps even removed from conscious memory)
Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.