repressive

[ri-pres-iv]

re·pres·sive

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

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

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
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un·re·pres·sive·ness, noun
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World English Dictionary
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

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repressive re·pres·sive (rĭ-prěs'ĭv)
adj.
Causing or inclined to cause repression.

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