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repressive
What does repressive mean?
repressive (adjective): restrictive of action.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use repressive in a sentence?
Where does repressive come from?
From repress + -ive.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to repressive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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susceptible to attack
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restrictive of action
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vigorous and animated
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currently in progress
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