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repressionary

repressionary adjective: causing repression; repressive.

Adjective

repressionary (comparative more repressionary, superlative most repressionary)

  1. Causing repression; repressive.

Forms of repressionary

comparativemore repressionary
superlativemost repressionary

Origin of repressionary

From repression + -ary.

Questions about repressionary

What does repressionary mean?
Repressionary means causing repression; repressive.
What part of speech is repressionary?
Repressionary is an adjective.

Words near repressionary in the dictionary

  1. repressilators
  2. repressing
  3. repressings
  4. repression
  5. repressional
  6. repressionary
  7. repressionism
  8. repressionist
  9. repressionists
  10. repressions
  11. repressive

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