Synonyms of repressive

repressive

adjective

as in unemotional

Related Words

• unemotional
• unimpressive
• unaffecting

Dissimilar Words

• cathartic
• emotional
• impressive
• moving
• poignant
• purifying
• expressive
• cleansing
• stirring
• purificatory
• significant
• meaningful
• touching
• eloquent
• affecting
• impactful

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of repressive

Avila was born in Hialeah to exiles who left Castro’s repressive regime in Cuba — a biography certain to resonate in South Florida. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

The correspondence reveals Iranian authorities influencing deportation lists, last-minute passenger changes and at least one mistaken removal, raising alarms about asylum seekers, due process and returns to a repressive regime. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Following the campaign, Rome aggressively eradicated and restructured local settlements, while instituting repressive laws designed to assimilate the area into the greater empire. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Her Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the head of the state’s repressive apparatus, receives American military officers in Caracas even as Washington maintains a $25 million bounty on his head. — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026

Worse, many of the 92 autocracies around the world are becoming more repressive. — José Kaire, Fortune, 19 July 2026

To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries. — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

After the revolution, the violence continued under the repressive Castro regime. — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026

Between 1907 and 1956, France was able to occupy Morocco through economic exploitation and repressive policies. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 9 July 2026