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repressive

adj

Etymology

From repress + -ive.

  1. derived from repressus
  2. suffixed as repressive — “repress + ive”

Definitions

  1. Serving to repress or suppress

    Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

    • 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
    • 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.

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