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   Re·pres·sive

   /rəˈpresiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially 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

   • 1. repressively adverb
   • 2. repressiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • R

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   • E

     1

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

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   • S

     1

   • I

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   • V

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   • E

     1

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