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Synonyms for repressive
rɪˈprɛs ɪvre·pres·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
inhibitory, repressive, repressingadjective
restrictive of action
"a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Synonyms:
inhibitory, repressingAntonyms:
unrestrictive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "repressive":
oppressive, repression, punitive, suppression, suppressive, law-enforcement, oppression
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#12650 | suppression | |
#18852 | oppression | |
#20304 | repression | |
#21180 | punitive | |
#24447 | inhibitory | |
#30462 | oppressive | |
#37847 | repressive | |
#72564 | suppressive | |
#104302 | repressing |
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This demonstrates the pervasiveness of the structures and institutional cultures that created the repressive environment of the past and highlights the importance of much more fundamental security-sector reforms.
JACK NICHOLSON: My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. LOS ANGELES TIMES: Which is? JACK NICHOLSON: That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system. LOS ANGELES TIMES: Let's talk about acting for a minute.
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
We've not fled from justice and in this sense the request would have just a repressive function. I will defend myself on my own.
The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.
Translations for repressive
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- repressiuCatalan, Valencian
- repressivGerman
- répressifFrench
- repressivoItalian
- репрессивныйRussian
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