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Recent Examples of repressive
Several of the African nations that have signed such deals have notoriously repressive governments and poor human rights records — including Eswatini, South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.
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ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
The clergyman warns that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran as well as the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive regime in the war’s wake.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The clergyman warned, however, that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran and the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive Tehran government in the war’s wake.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Like most of her peers, Agnes follows her country’s various repressive edicts directed toward young women.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
The Castro family has been lauded as heroes by some, but condemned as repressive by others.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
While the need to fund public services is essential, the burden of Colorado’s property taxes on homeowners borders on the repressive.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Even the libertarian president of Argentina, Javier Milei, came all the way from South America to laud Orbán, a man who has built one of Europe’s most centralized and repressive societies.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
At great personal risk, Hadi connected me with dissidents, political prisoners, and their relatives, who all described their plights as the regime’s repressive campaign escalated in the weeks leading up to the war.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
The clergyman warns that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran as well as the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive regime in the war’s wake.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
The clergyman warned, however, that failure to do so would jeopardize the future of Iran and the stability of the entire Middle East, unleashing an even more volatile and repressive Tehran government in the war’s wake.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Like most of her peers, Agnes follows her country’s various repressive edicts directed toward young women.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
The Castro family has been lauded as heroes by some, but condemned as repressive by others.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
While the need to fund public services is essential, the burden of Colorado’s property taxes on homeowners borders on the repressive.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Even the libertarian president of Argentina, Javier Milei, came all the way from South America to laud Orbán, a man who has built one of Europe’s most centralized and repressive societies.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
At great personal risk, Hadi connected me with dissidents, political prisoners, and their relatives, who all described their plights as the regime’s repressive campaign escalated in the weeks leading up to the war.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repressive
Adjective
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While Clark was prone to long, unwieldy answers to questions, Meyer is pretty concise and unemotional in his responses.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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The reason why is that all of their star players behaved like Aztec alumnus Kawhi Leonard: unemotional, robotic freaks who do not care about anything other than basketball.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Having already thwarted an unimpressive — and perhaps dysfunctional — Giants team and a talented Mariners squad, the Yankees will open their home slate against an upstart Marlins club.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Outwardly unimpressive, the interior was intricately designed.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Repressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repressive. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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