repressive (redirected from repressiveness)

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.

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repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv]

adj

1. acting to control, suppress, or restrain

2. subjecting people, a society, etc. to a state of subjugation

repressively  adv

repressiveness  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 The regime was unpopular and repressive.
democratic, liberal, libertarian

Translations

repressive [rɪˈpresɪv] ADJ → represivo

repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj [measures, legislation, law] → répressif/ive; [regime, state] → répressif/ive

repressive

adj → repressiv

repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj → repressivo/a

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repressive [rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj → repressivo/a