repressive

Definitions

Inhibiting or restraining the personal freedom of an individual or group.

Serving to suppress or keep down, often through the use of force or authoritarian control.

Examples

The citizens organized a protest against the country's repressive regime.

She felt suffocated by the repressive atmosphere of her strict boarding school.

The government implemented repressive laws to silence political dissenters.

Synonyms

authoritarian oppressive tyrannical restrictive coercive autocratic dictatorial

Antonyms

liberal permissive democratic tolerant lenient free unrestricted