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Synonyms for oppressive
əˈprɛs ɪvop·pres·sive
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
oppressive
Synonyms:
heavy, overpowering, unjust, galling, extortionate, grindingAntonyms:
light, just, compassionate
Princeton's WordNet
oppressiveadjective
weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
"the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
Synonyms:
tyrannical, tyrannousAntonyms:
light, submissiveoppressive, tyrannical, tyrannousadjective
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
"the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"
Synonyms:
tyrannical, despotic, autocratic, authoritarian, dictatorial, tyrannous, tyrannicAntonyms:
submissive, light
Dictionary of English Synonymes
oppressiveadjective
Synonyms:
heavy, overwhelming, overpoweringoppressiveadjective
Synonyms:
tyrannical, cruel, severe, hard, rigorous, inhuman, grinding, gallingoppressiveadjective
Synonyms:
close, uncomfortable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
oppressiveadjective
Synonyms:
rigorous, tyrannical, extortionate, burdensome
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "oppressive":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#735 | close | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#15088 | grinding | |
#23330 | unjust | |
#25920 | humid | |
#29735 | authoritarian | |
#30462 | oppressive | |
#37847 | repressive | |
#56435 | overpowering | |
#58403 | tyrannical | |
#61448 | dictatorial | |
#64686 | autocratic | |
#71468 | despotic | |
#101981 | galling | |
#144385 | extortionate | |
#275857 | tyrannous |
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One of the insights I took from this process was that the compliments we so frequently and often unconsciously bestow on girls can actually have a negative effect and even become a source of pain and disempowerment, while counterintuitive, compliments, especially the ones related to physical appearance like 'you're so cute; you're adorable,' were perceived as limiting and oppressive, making girls feel that the expectations on them were focused on their appearance and not on their abilities or what was inside.
There is an oppressive climate of judgment in public life these days. And I worry that whenever people feel censored, it breeds animosity and discontent. Not to mention that it’s downright un-American, we’re pushing people into boxes and into spaces that are sad and dangerous on both sides because we’re not listening to one another.
George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004:
We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.
This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.
What happened should not have happened, the actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple. The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive, and for that, I apologize.
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