repressive

comparative more repressive · superlative most repressive

1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

   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.

   1989, Louis Henkin, Right V. Might

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   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

   1846, Allan Freer, The North British Review

   District 7 notably detonated landmines and killed a large group of Peacekeepers while the 75th Hunger Games were going on, signaling to the Capitol the district was joining others in a rebellion against its repressive rule.

   2023 November 30, Colin McCormick, Allison Gemmill, “Hunger Games Panem Map Guide: Every Location Explained”, in Screen Rant, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2025