REPRESSIVE - Definition

Pronunciation:		ri'presiv
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"

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	Synonyms:	inhibiting, inhibitory, repressing, restrictive


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Repress"ive\ (r?-pr?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]pressif. LL. repressivus.] Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. -- {Repress"ive*ly}, adv.