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oppressive
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[əˈprɛsɪv], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment
(e.g: an oppressive dictatorship)
- (of weather) close and sultry
(e.g: the day was sunless and oppressive)
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Origin
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late 16th century: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress- ‘pressed against’, from the verb opprimere (see oppress)
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