repressive measure

Frequency: 6.89.3 per million words

A specific action, law, or policy intended to control people and suppress dissent.

repressiveADJECTIVE + NOUN

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measure

Examples (10)

  • The government implemented repressive measures to control the protests.
  • Such a repressive measure will only fuel further unrest among the population.
  • Historically, many dictatorships relied on repressive measures to maintain power.
  • Critics argue that the new law is a repressive measure against free speech.
  • They were forced to live under a series of increasingly repressive measures.
  • Is this a necessary security protocol or a repressive measure designed to limit freedom?
  • The international community condemned the country's repressive measures.
  • Without strong opposition, the regime continued to impose repressive measures.
  • Activists vowed to fight every repressive measure proposed by the authorities.
  • The sudden curfew was seen as a repressive measure to quell public demonstrations.