Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repressive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repressive \Re*press"ive\ (r?-pr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pressif.
LL. repressivus.]
Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or
measures. -- {Re*press"ive*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
repressive
adj : restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly
strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: {inhibiting}, {inhibitory},
{repressing}]
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