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re·pres·sive
(rĭ-prĕs′ĭv)adj.
Causing or inclined to cause repression: a repressive dictatorship.
re·pres′sive·ly adv.
re·pres′sive·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
reˈpressively adv
reˈpressiveness n
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re•pres•sive
(rɪˈprɛs ɪv)adj.
tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
re•pres′sive•ly, adv.
re•pres′sive•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | repressive - restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" 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
democratic, liberal, libertarian
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repressive
adjectiveServing to restrain forcefully:
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Translations
قَمْعي، كَبْتي
potlačovací
elnyomó
bælandi
represívny
baskı altına alan
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
repressive
[rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj [measures, legislation, law] → répressif/ive; [regime, state] → répressif/iveCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
repressive
adj → repressiv
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
repressive
[rɪˈprɛsɪv] adj → repressivo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
repress
(rəˈpres) verb to keep (an impulse, a desire to do something etc) under control. He repressed a desire to hit the man.
reˈpression (-ʃən) nounreˈpressive (-siv) adjective
severe; harsh.
reˈpressiveness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.