English-Thai Dictionary
repressive
ADJ ซึ่ง อดกลั้น oppressive restrictive sueng-aod-kan
repressively
ADV อย่าง อดกลั้น yang-aod-kan
repressiveness
N ความอดกลั้น การ ข่มอารมณ์ kwam-aod-kan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
REPRESSIVE
a.Having power to crush; tending to subdue or restrain.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
REPRESSIVE
Re *press "ive (r-prs "v ), a. Etym: [Cf. F. répressif. LL. repressivus.]
Defn: Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. -- Re *press "ive *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
repressive
re pres sive |riˈpresiv rəˈprɛsɪv | ▶adjective (esp. of a social or political system ) inhibiting or restraining the freedom of a person or group of people: a repressive regime. • inhibiting or preventing the awareness of certain thoughts or feelings: a repressive moral code. DERIVATIVES re pres sive ly adverb, re pres sive ness noun
Oxford Dictionary
repressive
re |pres ¦sive |rɪˈprɛsɪv | ▶adjective (especially of a social or political system ) inhibiting or restraining personal freedom: a repressive regime. • inhibiting or preventing the expression or awareness of thoughts or desires: a repressive moral code. DERIVATIVES repressively adverb, repressiveness noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
repressive
repressive adjective a repressive military regime: oppressive, authoritarian, despotic, tyrannical, dictatorial, fascist, autocratic, totalitarian, undemocratic.
Oxford Thesaurus
repressive
repressive adjective a repressive military regime: oppressive, authoritarian, despotic, tyrannical, tyrannous, dictatorial, fascist, autocratic, totalitarian, dominating, coercive, draconian, iron-fisted, harsh, severe, strict, tough, cruel, brutal; undemocratic, illiberal; rare suppressive. ANTONYMS democratic, liberal.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
repressive
re pres sive /rɪprésɪv /形容詞 抑圧的な ; 弾圧的な .~ly 副詞 ~ness 名詞