repressive
adjective
tending or serving to repress.
repressively
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a word derived from
repressive.
Example Sentences
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"The more pressure he feels, the more likely he would act aggressively and repressively," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said the case provided a lesson in the importance of opposing far-right extremism “with all means needed, preventively and repressively, in the future as well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2018
Although Ne Win stepped down in 1988, the military continued to rule repressively.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The concept staging makes good sense and is carried through: it fashions the court from which the principle characters are banished as a repressively Puritan society.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2011
"I never studied church history," said Mrs. Graham, a little repressively.
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin
