What does repressive mean?
Repressive means Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive.
Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed
First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.
Use repressive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Repressive means Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive.
Common synonyms include restrictive, inhibiting, repressing, inhibitory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed
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