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Definition of Oppressive
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Oppressive
Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive grief or woe. Related Definitions:
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Oppressive Quotations
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. Thomas Jefferson Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive. James Hillman An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. Confucius Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. Edmund Burke |
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Oppressive Translations
oppressive in French is vexatoire oppressive in Italian is premente oppressive in Spanish is opresor oppressive in Swedish is tryckande |
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