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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oppressive/əˈpresɪv/

▶adjective

1 harsh and authoritarian.

2 weighing heavily on the mind or spirits.

3 (of weather) close and sultry.

– derivatives
oppressively adverb,
oppressiveness noun.

'oppressive' also found in these Oxford entries:

Babylon - cyberpunk - despot - glare - grind - haboob - heavy - hellhole - khamsin - languor - miasma - repressive - situationism - system - tyranny - tyrant - unload - weigh - yoke

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