repressive (redirected from repressively)

re·pres·sive  (r-prsv)

adj.

Causing or inclined to cause repression: a repressive dictatorship.

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re·pressive·ly adv.

re·pressive·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

repressive - restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" inhibitory, repressing restrictive - serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

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repressive

adjective oppressive, tough, severe, absolute, harsh, authoritarian, dictatorial, coercive, tyrannical, despotic << OPPOSITE democratic

Translations

repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj → represivo

repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj → répressif/ive

repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] repress adj → repressiv

repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj → repressivo/a