repressive — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

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   Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed

   First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.

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   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.

Adjective

1. restrictive of action

   Synonyms

   inhibitoryrepressing

   Examples

   a repressive regime

   an overly strict and inhibitory discipline