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sup·pres·sive
(sə-prĕs′ĭv)adj.
Tending or serving to suppress.
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suppressive
(səˈprɛsɪv)adj
1. tending or acting to suppress; involving suppression
2. (Psychoanalysis) psychiatry tending to prevent the expression of certain of one's desires or to resist the emergence of mental symptoms
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Adj. | 1. | suppressive - tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest" restrictive - serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" |
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suppressive
adjectiveServing to restrain forcefully:
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suppressive
adj → Unterdrückungs-, repressiv
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suppressive
adj (psych, etc.) supresorEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.