repressive

See also: répressive

English

Etymology

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English press
English repress
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English repressive

    From repress + -ive.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

    Adjective

    repressive (comparative more repressive, superlative most repressive)

    1. 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.
      • 2023 November 30, Colin McCormick, Allison Gemmill, “Hunger Games Panem Map Guide: Every Location Explained”, in Screen Rant‎[1], archived from the original on 8 March 2025:
        District 7 notably detonated landmines and killed a large group of Peacekeepers while the 75th Hunger Games were going on, signaling to the Capitol the district was joining others in a rebellion against its repressive rule.

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    Adjective

    repressive

    1. inflection of repressiv:
      1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
      2. strong nominative/accusative plural
      3. weak nominative all-gender singular
      4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

    Italian

    Adjective

    repressive

    1. feminine plural of repressivo
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