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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. restrictive of action;
- Example: "a repressive regime"
- Example: "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
[syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Repressive \Re*press"ive\ (r?-pr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pressif.
   LL. repressivus.]
   Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or
   measures. -- Re*press"ive*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

repressive
    adj 1: restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly
           strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: inhibitory,
           repressive, repressing]