repressiveadjective
uk/rɪˈpres.ɪv/us/rɪˈpres.ɪv/controlling what people do, especially by using force:
a repressive military regime
preventing people from expressing their feelings
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Ruling & governing
- absolute
- administration
- affairs of state
- ascend
- ascend the throne idiom
- Comintern
- corridor
- government-chartered
- government-owned
- government-sponsored
- governmental
- hung parliament
- officially
- oppressive
- power-sharing
- reign
- repress
- repression
- sovereignty
- statecraft
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Preventing and impeding
repressiveness
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˈpres.ɪv.nəs/us/rɪˈpres.ɪv.nəs/