repressive
/ɹipɹˈɛsɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English press English repress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English repressive From repress + -ive.
Inflected Forms
more repressive (comparative)
most repressive (superlative)