Repressive
[rɪ'presɪv] or [rɪ'prɛsɪv]
Definition
(a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
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Examples
- The Turks adopted violent repressive measures, and embarked upon massacres of Bulgarians on an enormous scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What he wants to abolish is the repressive, not the productive state. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But he has repressive power, and she has none. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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