Repressive
adjective
1.
tending or serving to repress:
repressive laws.
adjective
1.
acting to control, suppress, or restrain
2.
subjecting people, a society, etc, to a state of subjugation
repressive re·pres·sive (rĭ-prěs’ĭv)
adj.
Causing or inclined to cause repression.
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