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n. assumption, presumption, surmise, belief, thought, fancy,
theory, hypothesis, postulate, proposal, proposition: On the
supposition that your calculations are correct, we will have
made a profit this year.
suppress v. 1 end, discontinue, cut off, cease, stop, terminate, put an
end to, halt, prohibit, preclude, prevent, repress, censor,
forbid, interdict, block, obstruct, withhold, stifle, inhibit,
hinder, arrest: They have been unable to suppress the
publication of the book. 2 put down, quell, crush, squelch,
quash, subdue, check, stamp out, snuff out, smother, extinguish,
quench, crack down on: The uprising was suppressed with the
shooting of the students. 3 keep down, control, keep under
control, keep or hold in check, restrain, hold in or back,
repress, cover up, conceal, hide, keep quiet or secret, mute,
muffle, quiet, silence: Objections to the guest speaker were
suppressed at the request of the university's chancellor.
suppression
n. suppressing, ending, end, discontinuation, discontinuing,
cutting off, cut-off, cessation, ceasing, surcease, stopping,
stop, terminating, termination, halting, halt, prohibiting,
prohibition, preclusion, precluding, preventing, prevention,
repressing, repression, censoring, censorship, forbidding,
forbiddance, interdicting, interdiction, blocking, obstructing,
obstruction, withholding, stifling, hindering; putting down,
put-down, quelling, crushing, squelching, quashing, subduing,
checking, check, stamping out, smothering, snuffing out,
extinguishing, extinction, elimination, quenching, cracking down
on, crack-down; control, controlling, restraining, restraint,
concealing, concealment, hiding, muting, muffling, quieting,
silencing: That constitutes suppression of the freedom of
speech. The suppression of heresy is a perennial church problem.
Dictators confuse the suppression of ideas with the oppression
of people.
supremacist
n. supremist, bigot, racist, racialist, dogmatist, zealot,
fanatic: Supremacists' philosophies are based on hatred, not
love.
supremacy n. 1 transcendency, pre-eminence, superiority, ascendancy,
excellence, primacy, peerlessness, matchlessness,