What is "repressive" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does repressive mean in English? Meaning of repressive definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "repressive" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "repressive": restrictive of action

Adjective

  • Meaning: restrictive of action
  • Example: a repressive regime an overly strict and inhibiting discipline
  • Synonyms: inhibitory repressing repressive
  • Similar: restrictive
  • Adjective: 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 1989 Louis Henkin - Right V. Might First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.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 governed1989 Louis Henkin - Right V. Might First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.
  • Synonyms:

    coercive, restrictive, forbidding, governing, suppressive, constraining, prohibiting,

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    repressive in English: repressive
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