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repressive |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: repressive adj : restrictive of action "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: {inhibiting}, {inhibitory}, {repressing}]
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