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repressive

  (rĭ-prĕs'ĭv) pronunciation
adj.

Causing or inclined to cause repression: a repressive dictatorship.

repressively re·pres'sive·ly adv.
repressiveness re·pres'sive·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: repressive

adjective

    Serving to restrain forcefully: suppressive. See attack/defend, restraint/unrestraint.

 
Antonyms: repressive

adj

Definition: oppressive
Antonyms: democratic, liberal


 
Translations: Translations for: Repressive

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - undertrykkende, hæmmende

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderdrukkend

Français (French)
adj. - répressif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - repressiv

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κατασταλτικός, καταδυναστευτικός, καταπιεστικός

Italiano (Italian)
repressivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - repressivo

Русский (Russian)
репрессивный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - represivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hämmande, repressiv

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
压抑的, 镇压的, 抑制的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 壓抑的, 鎮壓的, 抑制的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 억누르는 , 억압적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 制止する, 抑圧的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كبحي, قمعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדכא, תקיף, נוגש‬


 
 

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