repressive

[ ri-pres-iv ]
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adjective
  1. tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.

Origin of repressive

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin repressīvus<Latin repress(us) (see repress) + -īvus-ive

Other words from repressive

  • re·pres·sive·ly, adverb
  • re·pres·sive·ness, noun
  • non·re·pres·sive, adjective
  • un·re·pres·sive, adjective
  • un·re·pres·sive·ly, adverb
  • un·re·pres·sive·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for repressive

repressive

/ (rɪˈprɛsɪv) /


adjective
  1. acting to control, suppress, or restrain

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

Derived forms of repressive

  • repressively, adverb
  • repressiveness, noun

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