Usage of "repressive"

Restrictive of action.

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Uso de repressive em inglês

Perhaps Director Moth was correct; repressive disasters had happened at other institutions. 
 Genellan: planetfall 

To really hide from, say, a repressive government, you need unbreakable encryption. 
 Wired 

The repressive social restraints of the old social order are somewhat removed. 
 Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic 

Would conservatives attack the president for legitimizing the repressive regime's legal system? 
 Somewhere inside 

For protest policing under neoliberalism does not simply entail more repressive behaviour. 
 The Guardian 

We follow her everyday life and her resistance against a repressive state. 
 The South African 

In repressive regimes, popular frustrations often have no outlet except through violence. 
 State of the Union Addresses 

What he wants to abolish is the repressive, not the productive state. 
 A Preface to Politics 

There is one of the most repressive, brutal regimes in the world. 
 The Irish Times 

To combat this growing disaffection, the Rowlatt committee recommended fresh repressive legislation. 
 The New World of Islam 

This in turn will provoke repressive retaliation from the govt.. Mentions govt. 
 The new yorker 

Others accept repressive measures as a fact of life, he said. 
 Reuters 

But information in repressive societies has not been made available to the system. 
 The new yorker 

Throughout history, there has been an absence of conflict in many repressive societies. 
 The South African 

Please, Minister, grasp the nettle and introduce a range of repressive anti-smoking measures. 
 The Irish Times 

Even secret code languages have developed among communities in repressive regimes. 
 Reuters 

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Significados de repressive em inglês