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repressive
adjective
(re-pres-sive)
restrictive of action
Synonyms:
inhibitory
,
repressing
,
Examples:
A repressive regime.
Words Related to
repressive
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restrictive
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inhibiting
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inhibitory
,
repression
,
oppressive
,
despotic
,
autocratic
,
oppression
,
coercive
,
despotism
,
capitalist
,
suppressive
,
oppressor
,
suppression
,
pervasive
,
punitive
,
penal
,
clampdown
,
crackdown
,
dogmatic
,
suppressing
,
obstructive
,
criminal
,
retaliatory
,
disruptive
,
punishment
,
enforcement
,
interdiction
,
prosecution
,
disciplined
,
ankara
,
heavy-handed
,
high-handed
,
high-voltage
,
law-enforcement
,
narrow-minded
,
authoritarian
,
totalitarian
,
dictatorial
,
tyrannical
,
draconian
,
undemocratic
,
illiberal
,
antidemocratic
,
fascistic
,
reactionary
,
theocratic
,
paternalistic
,
subversive
,
tyrannous
,
inhuman
,
stalinist
,
feudalistic
,
patriarchal
,
unjust
,
exploitative
,
imperialistic
,
orwellian
,
barbaric
,
militaristic
,
inhumane
,
brutal
,
barbarous
,
communist
,
feudal
,
puritanical
,
hegemonic
,
violent
,
capitalistic
,
odious
,
murderous
,
anticommunist
,
censorious
,
xenophobic
,
anachronistic
,
lawless
,
oligarchic
,
neoliberal
,
antilabor
,
regressive
,
democratic
,
nondemocratic
,
bonapartist
,
anarchical
,
unfree
,
extralegal
,
despotical
,
corrupt
,
oppressed
,
inoppressive
,
unpeaceful
,
persecutory
,
misogynous
,
equalitarian
,
socialist
,
spartacist
,
anarchic
,
autarchic
,
draconic
,
censorial
,
repressive
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