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Meaning of oppressive


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  oppressive
      adj 1: weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere
             was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"
      2: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the
         oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical
         parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights" [syn:
         {oppressive}, {tyrannical}, {tyrannous}]


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