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Suppressed vs Repressive - What's the difference?

suppressed | repressive |

As a verb suppressed

is (suppress).

As an adjective repressive is

.

suppressed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (suppress)

    • suppress

    English

    Verb

  • to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue
    • ''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .
  • to restrain or repress an expression
    • ''I struggled to suppress my smile.
  • (psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
    • He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
  • to prevent publication
    • The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
  • to stop a flow or stream
    • The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
    ''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
  • (US, legal) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained
  • (electronics) to reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal
  • (obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low

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    repressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
  • * 1846 Allan Freer - The North British Review
    • 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
  • * 1989 Louis Henkin - Right V. Might
    • 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.