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suppression vs ontogeny

ontogeny vs suppression

suppression and ontogeny both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suppression Yes No No No
ontogeny Yes No No No
As nouns, ontogeny is a hypernym of suppression; that is, ontogeny is a word with a broader meaning than suppression:
  • suppression: the failure to develop some part or organ
  • ontogeny: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
Other hypernyms of suppression include development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis.
suppression (noun) ontogeny (noun)
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
the failure to develop some part or organ
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