Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a repressive manner; with repression; so as to repress.
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- adverb In a
repressive manner.
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Examples
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For several years now, Russia has been moving inexorably from the relative freedom of the early post-Soviet years to the kind of repressively controlled society that has characterized much of its history.
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For several years now, Russia has been moving inexorably from the relative freedom of the early post-Soviet years to the kind of repressively controlled society that has characterized much of its history.
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For several years now, Russia has been moving inexorably from the relative freedom of the early post-Soviet years to the kind of repressively controlled society that has characterized much of its history.
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For several years now, Russia has been moving inexorably from the relative freedom of the early post-Soviet years to the kind of repressively controlled society that has characterized much of its history.
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For several years now, Russia has been moving inexorably from the relative freedom of the early post-Soviet years to the kind of repressively controlled society that has characterized much of its history.
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For several years now, Russia has been moving inexorably from the relative freedom of the early post-Soviet years to the kind of repressively controlled society that has characterized much of its history.
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However, as in all repressively homophobic cultures, LGBTQ people have always found ways to express and to live out their true authentic lives.
Irene Monroe: The Roots Of Voodoo's Acceptance Of Gays Irene Monroe 2011
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For all their radical actions in formulating the Constitution they still conserved many conventions, reasonably rather than repressively.
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For all their radical actions in formulating the Constitution they still conserved many conventions, reasonably rather than repressively.
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However, as in all repressively homophobic cultures, LGBTQ people have always found ways to express and to live out their true authentic lives.
Irene Monroe: The Roots Of Voodoo's Acceptance Of Gays Irene Monroe 2011
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