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oppressive

adj
/əˈpɹɛs.ɪv/

Etymology

From oppress + -ive.

  1. derived from opprimere
  2. derived from oppressare
  3. derived from oppresser
  4. inherited from oppressen
  5. suffixed as oppressive — “oppress + ive”

Definitions

  1. Burdensome or difficult to bear.

    • The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.

  2. Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.

    • oppressive smell
    • The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.

  3. Weighing heavily on the spirit

    Weighing heavily on the spirit; being quite intense, excessive or overwhelming.

    • Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?
    • Without being slaves in fact, their condition is little better than vassalage in its most oppressive form.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Hot and humid.

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Derived

antioppressive, inoppressive, nonoppressive, oppressively, oppressiveness, unoppressive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at oppressive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01oppressive02heavily03great04space05generalized06spread07individual08corporation09fascist

A definitional loop anchored at oppressive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at oppressive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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