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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| restrictive | x/x | Adjective, Adjective |
| inhibitory | x/xxx | Adjective, Adjective |
| oppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| authoritarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| dictatorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
| totalitarian | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| despotic | x/x | Adjective |
| suppressive | x/x | Adjective |
| autocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| tyrannical | x/xx | Adjective |
| draconian | x/xx | Adjective |
| reactionary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| coercive | x/x | Adjective |
| regressive | x/x | Adjective |
| censorious | /x/x | Adjective |
| illiberal | x/xx | Adjective |
| undemocratic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| theocratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| patriarchal | xx/x | Adjective |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun |
| militarized | /xxx | Adjective |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| antidemocratic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| stifling | /x | Noun |
| capitalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| subversive | x/x | Adjective |
| militaristic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| domineering | xx/x | Adjective |
| paternalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| communistic | /xxx | Adjective |
| counterrevolutionary | xxxx/xxx | Noun |
| archaic | x/x | Name |
| stultifying | /xxx | Adjective |
| discriminatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| lawless | /x | Noun |
| oligarchic | /xxx | Adjective |
| abusive | x/x | Adjective |
| oppositional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| permissive | x/x | Adjective |
| hegemonic | xx/x | Adjective |
| violent | /xx | Adjective |
| constrictive | x/x | Adjective |
| regime | x/ | Noun |
| iniquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| imperialistic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| exclusionary | x/xxx | Noun |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| barbarous | /xx | Adjective |
| destructive | x/x | Adjective |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| rigid | /x | Adjective |
| puritanical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| democratic | xx/x | Name |
| paramilitary | xx/xxx | Adjective |
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective |
| persecutory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| socialistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| monarchic | /xx | Noun |
| stalinist | /xx | Name |
| feudal | /x | Adjective |
| liberatory | /xxx | Noun |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective |
| monarchical | /xxx | Adjective |
| fundamentalist | xx/xx | Noun |
| statist | /x | Name |
| murderous | /xx | Adjective |
| vindictive | x/x | Adjective |
| bureaucratic | xx/x | Adjective |
| chauvinistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| bigoted | /xx | Adjective |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| unjust | x/ | Adjective |
| monopolistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| antagonistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| venal | /x | Adjective |
| cruel | /x | Adjective |
| ineffectual | xx/xx | Adjective |
| hostile | /x | Adjective |
| capitalist | /xxx | Noun |
| confining | x/x | Verb |
| protective | x/x | Adjective |
| stringent | /x | Adjective |
| ponderous | /xx | Adjective |
| cautionary | /xxx | Adjective |
| narrow | /x | Adjective |
| imperious | x/xx | Adjective |
| weighty | /x | Adjective |
| severe | x/ | Adjective |
| commanding | x/x | Verb |
| intimidating | x/xxx | Verb |
| harassing | x/x | Adjective |
| repellent | x/x | Noun |
| onerous | /xx | Adjective |
| threatening | /xx | Adjective |
| private | /x | Adjective |
| fearful | /x | Adjective |
| caged | / | Adjective |
| harsher | /x | Adverb |
| apparatuses | xx/xx | Noun |
| sublimation | x//x | Noun |
| coping | /x | Noun |
| measures | /x | Noun |
| defensiveness | x/xx | Noun |
| puritanism | /xxxx | Noun |
| tolerance | /xx | Noun |
| moralism | /xxx | Noun |
| legislation | xx/x | Noun |
| superego | xx/x | Noun |
| edicts | /x | Noun |
| tactics | /x | Noun |
| countermeasures | /xxx | Noun |
| regimentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| dictators | x/x | Noun |
| patriarchy | /xxx | Noun |
| theocracy | x/xx | Noun |
| policing | x/x | Noun |
| censorship | /xx | Noun |
| ordinances | /xxx | Noun |
| accommodating | x/xxx | Adjective |
| adaptive | x/x | Adjective |
| ankara | /xx | Name |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| communicable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| crackdown | /x | Noun |
| criminal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dear | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Noun |
| deserving | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| despotism | /xxx | Noun |
| disciplined | /xx | Adjective |
| disruptive | x/x | Adjective |
| dogmatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| enforcement | x/x | Noun |
| feminine | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| fraught | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| grand | / | Noun, Adjective |
| inconsistent | xx/x | Adjective |
| infectious | x/x | Adjective |
| interdiction | xx/x | Noun |
| interventionist | xx/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| jewish | /x | Adjective, Name |
| maintains | x/ | Verb |
| masculine | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mathematical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| obstructive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| oppressor | x/x | Noun |
| penal | /x | Adjective |
| personal | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| pervasive | x/x | Adjective |
| prosecution | xx/x | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| regulative | /xxx | Adjective |
| retaliatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| suppression | x/x | Noun |
| tender | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| tragic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| warlike | /x | Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
