early 15c., in medicine, "serving to check or suppress," from Latin repress-, past participle stem of reprimere (see repress). And compare Old French repressif. Related: Repressively.
a repressive regime
representational
representative
repress
repressed
repression
repressive
reprieve
reprimand
reprint
reprisal
reprise
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