"repressive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more repressive [comparative], most repressive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From repress + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|repress|ive}} repress + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} repressive (comparative more repressive, superlative most repressive)
  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), represif (Indonesian), repressivo (Italian), репресси́вный (repressívnyj) (Russian), represivo (Spanish), undertryckande (Swedish), hämmande (Swedish), repressiv (Swedish)
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