suppressionist

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noun

One who supports the suppression of something.

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Meanings

nounsuppressionist (plural suppressionists)

plural suppressionists

  1. One who supports the suppression of something.

    To treat women always and only as sexual victims, as feminist porn-suppressionists do, is to deny women meaningful agency and the power to effectuate change.

    1998, Judith G. Greenberg, Martha Minow, Dorothy E. Roberts, Women and the Law, page 1039

Origin

From suppression + -ist.

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APA

suppressionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppressionist

MLA

“suppressionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppressionist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suppressionist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppressionist.

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