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n. assumption, presumption, surmise, belief, thought, fancy,<br />

theory, hypothesis, postulate, proposal, proposition: On the<br />

supposition that your calculations are correct, we will have<br />

made a pr<strong>of</strong>it this year.<br />

suppress v. 1 end, discontinue, cut <strong>of</strong>f, cease, stop, terminate, put an<br />

end to, halt, prohibit, preclude, prevent, repress, censor,<br />

forbid, interdict, block, obstruct, withhold, stifle, inhibit,<br />

hinder, arrest: <strong>The</strong>y have been unable to suppress the<br />

publication <strong>of</strong> the book. 2 put down, quell, crush, squelch,<br />

quash, subdue, check, stamp out, snuff out, smother, extinguish,<br />

quench, crack down on: <strong>The</strong> uprising was suppressed with the<br />

shooting <strong>of</strong> the students. 3 keep down, control, keep under<br />

control, keep or hold in check, restrain, hold in or back,<br />

repress, cover up, conceal, hide, keep quiet or secret, mute,<br />

muffle, quiet, silence: Objections to the guest speaker were<br />

suppressed at the request <strong>of</strong> the university's chancellor.<br />

suppression<br />

n. suppressing, ending, end, discontinuation, discontinuing,<br />

cutting <strong>of</strong>f, cut-<strong>of</strong>f, cessation, ceasing, surcease, stopping,<br />

stop, terminating, termination, halting, halt, prohibiting,<br />

prohibition, preclusion, precluding, preventing, prevention,<br />

repressing, repression, censoring, censorship, forbidding,<br />

forbiddance, interdicting, interdiction, blocking, obstructing,<br />

obstruction, withholding, stifling, hindering; putting down,<br />

put-down, quelling, crushing, squelching, quashing, subduing,<br />

checking, check, stamping out, smothering, snuffing out,<br />

extinguishing, extinction, elimination, quenching, cracking down<br />

on, crack-down; control, controlling, restraining, restraint,<br />

concealing, concealment, hiding, muting, muffling, quieting,<br />

silencing: That constitutes suppression <strong>of</strong> the freedom <strong>of</strong><br />

speech. <strong>The</strong> suppression <strong>of</strong> heresy is a perennial church problem.<br />

Dictators confuse the suppression <strong>of</strong> ideas with the oppression<br />

<strong>of</strong> people.<br />

supremacist<br />

n. supremist, bigot, racist, racialist, dogmatist, zealot,<br />

fanatic: Supremacists' philosophies are based on hatred, not<br />

love.<br />

supremacy n. 1 transcendency, pre-eminence, superiority, ascendancy,<br />

excellence, primacy, peerlessness, matchlessness,

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