English Explanatory Dictionary

repressive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repressive.wav

Word forms

repressive more repressive most repressive

Etymology

From repress + -ive.

Derived words

antirepressive autorepressive corepressive derepressive immunorepressive nonrepressive repressively repressiveness repressivism transrepressive unrepressive
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