REPRESSIVE


Meaning of REPRESSIVE in English

A ~ government is one that restricts people’s freedom and controls them by using force.

The military regime in power was unpopular and ~.

ADJ disapproval

~ly

...the country, which had been ~ly ruled for ten years.

ADV: ADV with v

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