Synonyms for repressive
rɪˈprɛs ɪvre·pres·sive

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1. inhibitory, repressive, repressingadjective

   restrictive of action

   "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"

   Synonyms:
   inhibitory, repressing

   Antonyms:
   unrestrictive

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1. List of paraphrases for "repressive":

   oppressive, repression, punitive, suppression, suppressive, law-enforcement, oppression

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1. Lilian Tintori:

   Today it is reaffirmed once again that we live under a repressive, anti-democratic regime.

2. Joaquin Humberto:

   The state was seen more as an enemy than an ally. It was seen as repressive, its only presence was the police who went in with guns.

3. Danielle Atkinson:

   If we teach a generation of young people that, after the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and all of the events of the 1860s, attempts to integrate free people failed and there were repressive laws enacted that weren't repealed for almost a century, then we're going to have different conversations, we're going to have historical context for why the country is the way it is, instead of thinking that the fact that Black people are at the bottom of every metric is indicative of our deficit or our inferiority.

4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   There’s plenty of repressive communist regimes left over from the cold war, but there’s plenty out there that don’t really regulate their enterprise.

5. Berta Soler:

   President Obama has made a mistake, this is going to benefit the Cuban government, strengthening and equipping its repressive machine.