repressive. / (rɪˈprɛsɪv) / adjective. acting to control, suppress, or restrain. subjecting people, a society, etc, to a state of subjugation.

What is the word meaning of repressive?

1. acting to control, suppress, or restrain. 2. subjecting people, a society, etc, to a state of subjugation. Collins English Dictionary.

What does repression mean example?

Repression is defined as controlling or limiting someone or something by force or by exercise of authority, or the unconscious exclusion of thoughts from the mind. When women are not allowed by men in society to be equals and are kept in a state of forced subjugation, this is an example of repression.