Oppressive vs. Repressive
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Difference Between Oppressive and Repressive
Oppressiveadjective
Burdensome or difficult to bear.
The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.Repressiveadjective
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
Oppressiveadjective
Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.Repressiveadjective
restrictive of action;
a repressive regimean overly strict and inhibiting disciplineOppressiveadjective
Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?Oppressiveadjective
Hot and humid of the weather.
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Oppressiveadjective
weighing heavily on the senses or spirit;
the atmosphere was oppressiveoppressive sorrowsOppressiveadjective
marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior;
the oppressive governmentoppressive lawsa tyrannical parenttyrannous disregard of human rights
