Associations to the word «Repressive»
Noun
- Regime
- Dictatorship
- Repression
- Dissent
- Censorship
- Measure
- Apartheid
- Stalin
- Junta
- Dictator
- Apparatus
- Kurd
- Legislation
- Sexuality
- Bourgeois
- Deportation
- Unrest
- Guerrilla
- Ideology
- Disobedience
- Insurgency
- Eros
- Marxist
- Tactic
- Anarchist
- Intellectual
- Policy
- Puritan
- Emigration
- Backlash
- Islamist
- Activism
- Tolerance
- Socialism
- Transcription
- Critique
- Torture
- Capitalism
- Violation
- Revolt
- Psychiatry
- Communist
- Statehood
- Terrorism
- Capitalist
- Democracy
- Reprisal
- Freedom
- Opposition
- Brilliant
- Suppression
- Protest
- Freud
- Elite
- Surveillance
- Uprising
- Tyranny
- Genes
- Coping
- Activist
Adjective
Wiktionary
REPRESSIVE, adjective. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
Dictionary definition
REPRESSIVE, adjective. Restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.