repressive

[US]/rɪˈpresɪv/
[UK]/rɪˈpresɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. menekan atau mengendalikan melalui hukum atau bentuk otoritas lainnya, kejam

Example Sentences

a repressive moral code.

sebuah kode moral yang menindas.

the people are held down by a repressive military regime.

orang-orang ditahan oleh rezim militer yang represif.

it was repressive enough to keep public opinion buttoned up.

itu cukup represif untuk menjaga opini publik tetap tertutup.

the drift towards a more repressive style of policing.

kecenderungan menuju gaya kepolisian yang lebih represif.

The government’s repressive policies are sowing the seeds of rebellion.

Kebijakan represif pemerintah menabur benih pemberontakan.

a dog that didn't cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.

seekor anjing yang tidak akrab dengan orang asing; sebuah pemerintahan yang akan mendekat kepada rezim paling represif.

The politics of the former regime were rejected by the new government leadership. If the politics of the conservative government now borders on the repressive, what can be expected when the economy falters?

Politik dari rezim sebelumnya ditolak oleh kepemimpinan pemerintah baru. Jika politik pemerintah konservatif sekarang hampir mendekati yang represif, apa yang bisa diharapkan ketika ekonomi melemah?

And this was the fifties, the grayest, bleakest, most blinkered and culturally repressive period in the entire second half of the twentieth century, especially in small-town America.

Dan ini adalah tahun 50-an, masa yang paling suram, suram, berpikiran sempit, dan represif secara budaya di paruh kedua abad ke-20, terutama di Amerika kecil.

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