repressive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite restrictive of action
    repressing; inhibitory.
    • a repressive regime
    • an overly strict and inhibiting discipline

WordNet

Re*press"ive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. répressif. LL. repressivus.
Definitions
  1. Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. -- Re*press"ive*ly, adv.

Webster 1913