Words similar to repressive

Example sentences for: repressive

How can you use “repressive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"A lot of these people come from an inherently repressive regime," Luu said. "
KSM himself was to land the tenth plane at a U.S. airport and, after killing all adult male passengers on board and alerting the media, deliver a speech excoriating U.S. support for Israel, the Philippines, and repressive governments in the Arab world.
rebel--someone who could have justified his thieving on all sorts of grounds, from contempt for the repressive, hypocritical police force to contempt for the repressive, hypocritical church.
In common with The Truman Show , the film eventually evolves into a melodramatic revolt against a repressive corporate patriarch, here an executive (Rob Reiner) who doesn't want to turn off the cameras and leave Ed alone when Ed's life is in a shambles but his ratings are high.
This kind of picture has one of two thrusts: It either sides with the suffocated housewife who, like Ibsen's Nora, strives to break free of a repressive patriarchal hold, or it demonizes a culture that tempts men and women to put their own gratification before their responsibilities as parents.