Repressive - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Repressive things keep people from doing or saying what they want Repressive controls on the press don't allow journalists to freely report the news It's almost always a government, or a political or social system, that acts in a repressive way
Repressive - definition of repressive by The Free Dictionary Define repressive repressive synonyms, repressive pronunciation, repressive translation, English dictionary definition of repressive adj Causing or inclined to cause repression: a repressive dictatorship re·pres′sive·ly adv re·pres′sive·ness n
repressive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . controlling emotions and desires and not allowing them to be expressed Definition of repressive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
repressive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary repressive (comparative more repressive, superlative most repressive) Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive 1846, Allan Freer, The North British Review: Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed