repressive system
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A broader social or political structure that unfairly controls and restricts people.
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- The country was struggling under a repressive system that stifled dissent.
- Activists campaigned tirelessly against the repressive system.
- Many citizens longed for freedom from the repressive system.
- The fall of the repressive system brought hope for a new era.
- Such a repressive system inevitably leads to widespread discontent.
- He dedicated his life to overthrowing the repressive system.
- The new government promised to dismantle the old repressive system.
- Under a repressive system, individual liberties are severely curtailed.
- Historians will remember this period for its particularly repressive system.
- The international community condemned the nation's repressive system.