repressive
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Chilling effects are thus not only repressive – causing self-censorship – but productive.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Utopia 56 blamed "repressive" policies by the French and British governments for the latest tragedy.
From Barron's • May 3, 2026
Iran is consistently ranked as one of the most repressive countries in the world for press freedom.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Other contenders include Hassan Khomeini—the grandson of founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—who would be expected to seek a more moderate, less repressive path.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
But Diem’s government had become increasingly corrupt and repressive.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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