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Meanings of repressive in английском

Restrictive of action.

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Usage of repressive in английском
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Perhaps Director Moth was correct; repressive disasters had happened at other institutions.
Genellan: planetfall
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To really hide from, say, a repressive government, you need unbreakable encryption.
Wired
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The repressive social restraints of the old social order are somewhat removed.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
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Would conservatives attack the president for legitimizing the repressive regime's legal system?
Somewhere inside
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For protest policing under neoliberalism does not simply entail more repressive behaviour.
The Guardian
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We follow her everyday life and her resistance against a repressive state.
The South African
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In repressive regimes, popular frustrations often have no outlet except through violence.
State of the Union Addresses
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What he wants to abolish is the repressive, not the productive state.
A Preface to Politics
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There is one of the most repressive, brutal regimes in the world.
The Irish Times
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To combat this growing disaffection, the Rowlatt committee recommended fresh repressive legislation.
The New World of Islam
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This in turn will provoke repressive retaliation from the govt.. Mentions govt.
The new yorker
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Others accept repressive measures as a fact of life, he said.
Reuters
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But information in repressive societies has not been made available to the system.
The new yorker
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Throughout history, there has been an absence of conflict in many repressive societies.
The South African
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Please, Minister, grasp the nettle and introduce a range of repressive anti-smoking measures.
The Irish Times
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Even secret code languages have developed among communities in repressive regimes.
Reuters
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