"repressive" meaning in English

See repressive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repressive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more repressive [comparative], most repressive [superlative]
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  1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive Translations (serving to repress or suppress; oppressive): репресивен (represiven) (Bulgarian), потиснически (potisničeski) (Bulgarian), repressiu (Catalan), sortava (Finnish), sorto- (Finnish), repressiivinen (Finnish), répressif (French), represivo (Galician), repressiv (German), दमनकारी (damankārī) (Hindi), represif (Indonesian), repressivo (Italian), репресси́вный (repressívnyj) (Russian), represivo (Spanish), undertryckande (Swedish), hämmande (Swedish), repressiv (Swedish)
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations"
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          "ref": "1846, Allan Freer, The North British Review:",
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          "ref": "2023 November 30, Colin McCormick, Allison Gemmill, “Hunger Games Panem Map Guide: Every Location Explained”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2025:",
          "text": "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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        "Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive"
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          "suppress"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "represiven",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "репресивен"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "potisničeski",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
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      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "repressiu"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "sortava"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "sorto-"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "repressiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "répressif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "represivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "repressiv"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "damankārī",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "दमनकारी"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "represif"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "repressivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "repressívnyj",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "репресси́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "represivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "undertryckande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "hämmande"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "serving to repress or suppress; oppressive",
      "word": "repressiv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "repressive"
}

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