repressiveness

repressiveness
The state or condition of being repressive.

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  • repressiveness — repressive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ inhibiting or restraining personal freedom; oppressive. DERIVATIVES repressively adverb repressiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • repressiveness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being repressive a repressiveness natural to the man G.D.Brown …   Useful english dictionary

  • repressiveness — noun see repress …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • repressiveness — See repressively. * * * …   Universalium

  • repressiveness — rɪ presɪvnɪs n. suppressive quality, restraining quality; subduing quality …   English contemporary dictionary

  • repressiveness — re·pres·sive·ness …   English syllables

  • repress — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French represser, from Latin repressus, past participle of reprimere to check, from re + premere to press more at press Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to check by or as if by pressure ; curb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • W. H. Auden — Infobox Person image size = 144 caption = U.S. Library of Congress birth date = #ifeq:yes|yes|2|2 21 1907 birth place = York, England death date = #ifeq:yes|yes|9|9 29 1973 (aged age at date | 1907 | 2 | 21 | 1973 | 9 | 29 ) death place = Vienna …   Wikipedia

  • Permissive society — The permissive society is a label given to a society where social norms are becoming increasingly liberal. This usually accompanies a change in what is considered deviant. An extreme of permissiveness would be a society that has few moral codes… …   Wikipedia

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