different between suppression vs crackdown

English

Etymology

From Latin suppressi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??p????n/

Noun

suppression (countable and uncountable, plural suppressions)

1. The act or instance of suppressing.
   • 1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos:

     The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science.

2. The state of being suppressed.
3. A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
4. (of an eye) A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

Derived terms

Related terms

• suppress

Translations

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin suppressi?.

Noun

suppression f (plural suppressions)

1. deletion
2. removal
3. cutting (of jobs)

See also

• supprimer

Further reading

• “suppression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Noun use of the verb crack down.

Noun

crackdown (countable and uncountable, plural crackdowns)

1. Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.

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