🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

抑圧する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yokuatsu suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Suppress/səˈprɛs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は自分の感情を抑圧する傾向がある。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To forcibly put an end to an activity, group, or feeling.

    "The government used military force to suppress the uprising."
  2. 2

    To prevent the development, action, or expression of something, such as an emotion or scientific data.

    "She tried hard to suppress a smile when she heard the funny news."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'suppressen', stemming from Latin 'supprimere', formed by sub- ('under') and premere ('to press'). The term historically evolved from physically pressing something down to figurative applications involving the restraint of feelings, information, or rebellions.

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