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oppressive
adjective as in overwhelming, repressive
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adjective as in hot and humid
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Example Sentences
Body horror explodes oppressive female beauty standards in “The Substance.”
Meanwhile, Mr Chambers insisted he had behaved professionally, after some witnesses claimed he had acted in an oppressive, overbearing and bullying way,
With Afrikaners in power during apartheid, the language became ever more associated with the oppressive regime.
Worried about the potential for homeless encampment sweeps and an oppressive police presence during the Games, the group has taken note of Hoover’s background.
It demonstrates that love, though perhaps the world’s most beautiful emotion, is not necessarily the most important one, at least not when oppressive politics become involved.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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