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repressive

ri'presiv5 senses · 459 ms
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adj
  1. 1

    Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

    • Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed
    • First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.

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