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Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda.
George Packer

Meaning of "repressiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REPRESSIVENESS

repressiveness  [rɪˈpresɪvnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPRESSIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Repressiveness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REPRESSIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of repressiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of repressiveness in the dictionary is the quality or state of acting to control, suppress, or restrain. Other definition of repressiveness is the quality or state of subjecting people, a society, etc to a state of subjugation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPRESSIVENESS


abrasiveness
əˈbreɪsɪvnəs
cohesiveness
kəʊˈhiːsɪvnəs
conclusiveness
kənˈkluːsɪvnəs
corrosiveness
kəˈrəʊsɪvnəs
diffusiveness
dɪˈfjuːsɪvnəs
excessiveness
ɪkˈsesɪvnəs
extensiveness
ɪkˈstensɪvnəs
illusiveness
ɪˈluːsɪvnəs
impressiveness
ɪmˈpresɪvnəs
inexpensiveness
ˌɪnɪkˈspensɪvnəs
intensiveness
ɪnˈtensɪvnəs
intrusiveness
ɪnˈtruːsɪvnəs
invasiveness
ɪnˈveɪsɪvnəs
obsessiveness
əbˈsɛsɪvnəs
offensiveness
əˈfensɪvnəs
oppressiveness
əˈpresɪvnəs
pensiveness
ˈpɛnsɪvnəs
percussiveness
pəˈkʌsɪvnəs
pervasiveness
pəˈveɪsɪvnəs
suppressiveness
səˈpresɪvnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPRESSIVENESS

representative
representatively
representativeness
representee
representer
representment
representor
repress
repressed
represser
repressibility
repressible
repressibly
repression
repressionist
repressive
repressively
repressor
repressurise
repressurize

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPRESSIVENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of repressiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «repressiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPRESSIVENESS

Find out the translation of repressiveness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of repressiveness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «repressiveness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

repressiveness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

represividad
570 millions of speakers

English

repressiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

repressiveness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

repressiveness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

репрессивность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repressiveness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

repressiveness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

répressif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penindasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Repressivität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

repressiveness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

repressiveness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Repressiveness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

repressiveness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दडपशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baskıcılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

repressività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

represyjność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

репресивність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reprimare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατασταλτικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

repressiveness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

repressiveness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

repressiveness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of repressiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPRESSIVENESS»

The term «repressiveness» is used very little and occupies the 173.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPRESSIVENESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about repressiveness

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2 QUOTES WITH «REPRESSIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word repressiveness.
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Azar Nafisi
Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.
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George Packer
Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPRESSIVENESS»

Discover the use of repressiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to repressiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Worlds Apart: Collective Action in Simulated Agrarian and ...
Repressiveness Several sets of analyses (not shown) attempted to predict maximum and average repressiveness from other variables in the model. These analyses did not yield any strong or statistically significant relationships. Below ...
R.L. Dukes, 1990
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Developing Areas: A Book of Readings and Research
For purposes of this paper, I took the average of the civil and political rights scores and called the result regime repressiveness.18 Because some nations may have changed their political regime within the period of growth observation,  ...
Vijayan Pillai, Lyle W. Shannon, Judith L. McKim, 1995
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Experiential Foundations of Rorschach's Test
It is indicative not so much of a repression of specific unconscious drives or ideas as of a general, characterological repressiveness which tends to stifle the whole personality and to result in a stagnation of life.3 In examining repression there ...
Ernest G. Schachtel, 2013
4
Michel Foucault: Genealogy as Critique
We may ask whether Foucault is not 'mistaken' here and whether his association of 'repressiveness of power' with 'negative selection mechanisms' is not the cause of all his subsequent difficulties. While, in Discipline and Punish, he no longer ...
Rudi Visker, 1995
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The Ethical Economy of Conflict Prevention And Development: ...
gime repressiveness, rather than go into open conflict with groups A and C, or any of them.19 The corresponding behavior of group A foresees patterns of domination within domination when dealing with group C. For example, in India's South ...
Ralf Bredel, 2007
6
Geography and Drug Addiction
Our preliminary findings about structural inequality, legal repressiveness, and HIV prevalence among IDUs, if confirmed by additional analyses, have serious implications. First, they suggest that legal repressiveness is associated with higher ...
Yonette F. Thomas, Douglas Richardson, Ivan Cheung, 2008
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Foundations of Social Theory
Repressiveness. An additional set of empirical generalizations relevant to revolutions is found in a body of research other than that I have discussed so far. This is comparative research on political violence, which takes countries as its units of ...
James S. Coleman, James Samuel Coleman, 1994
8
Latin American Party Systems
electoral contestation is the relevance of political-economic stakes, as shaped by post–World War II regime trajectories. Add on as one final consideration the repressiveness of nondemocratic regimes that undercuts opportunities for electoral ...
Herbert Kitschelt, Kirk A. Hawkins, Juan Pablo Luna, 2010
9
Crime and Criminal Justice in Europe
The best and simplest indicator for repressiveness of a country's crime policy is the number of prisoners. A system is the more repressive the more there are prisoners per capita, regardless of whether this is caused by long sentences or by the ...
‎2000
10
The Age of Manipulation: The Con in Confidence, the Sin in ...
lation, Unconscious Attention, Primary-and-Secondary Process, Thinking, and Repressiveness.” Psychological Issues 8:2:56—87, 1973. . “Does the Average Evoked Response Encode Subliminal Perception? Yes!: A Reply to Schwartz and ...
Wilson Bryan Key, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPRESSIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term repressiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do Saudi Citizens prefer the Islamic State to the House of Saud?
A poll indicates that Saudi citizens seem to find the Islamic State's repressiveness and barbarism less objectionable than the House of Saud's corruption. «Scholars and Rogues, Jul 15»
2
Kashmir University: The Oppressed Voice
The persistence of repressiveness in Kashmir University by the State is not new. The Institution has deeply embedded in the repressive means of State over the ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
3
Maharashtra's poor record
Its record in repressiveness is rather infamous. It is the land that produced Hindutva ideology; most of its proponents have been born here. The very fact that ... «Frontline, Jun 15»
4
Bangladesh's government is stealing land from its citizens
... Bangladesh is notorious for its political repressiveness, ranging from the persecution of political dissidents and outbursts of electoral violence to draconian ... «Quartz, May 15»
5
Writers' wrongs — a lunatic boycott of PEN's Charlie Hebdo award
... to the executive director of PEN, satirizing Catholicism is fine because it “has represented centuries of authoritarian repressiveness and the abuse of power.”. «New York Post, Apr 15»
6
The Mullahs' Expanding Empire
Since President Obama appears to overlook the imperialistic, militaristic expansion, as well as the increasing repressiveness and human rights abuses in the ... «FrontPage Magazine, Apr 15»
7
Families, Nuns and Nazis
The movie had, within it, more than just a slant of repressiveness “on artistic freedom in movies”. This was not surprising – Kael had waxed lyrical about the ... «CounterPunch, Mar 15»
8
William McKenzie: Don't overlook North Korea's human rights abuses
Cyberattacks may be as foreign to them as they are to us, but they know intimately the paranoia and repressiveness of their nation's leaders. For Americans ... «Dallas Morning News, Jan 15»
9
Chinese People Apparently Love The Interview
Some have come to see a reflection of their own condition in North Korea's poverty, repressiveness and over-the-top propaganda. Online, some commentators ... «Mediaite, Dec 14»
10
There are lessons for the US in Jean-Claude Duvalier's death
... responsible for the inhuman repressiveness that reigned in the slave-holding southern states and that continued even after the South was defeated in 1865 in ... «Quartz, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Repressiveness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/repressiveness>. May 2024 ».
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