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oppressive regime

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  • oppressive — [[t]əpre̱sɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a society, its laws, or customs as oppressive, you think they treat people cruelly and unfairly. The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace. ...refugees from the oppressive regime …   English dictionary

  • oppressive — op|pres|sive [əˈpresıv] adj 1.) powerful, cruel, and unfair ▪ an oppressive military regime 2.) weather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air ▪ the oppressive heat of the afternoon 3.) a situation that is oppressive makes …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • oppressive — adjective 1 powerful, cruel, and unfair: an oppressive military regime 2 weather that is oppressive is unpleasantly hot with no movement of air: The evening gradually grew more and more oppressive. 3 a situation that is oppressive makes you feel… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • regime — noun 1 system of government ADJECTIVE ▪ new ▪ old ▪ Crowds celebrated the downfall of the old regime. ▪ current, established, existing …   Collocations dictionary

  • regime — re|gime W2 [reıˈʒi:m] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: régime, from Latin regimen; REGIMEN] 1.) a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason ▪ The regime got rid of most of its… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • oppressive — adj. Oppressive is used with these nouns: ↑atmosphere, ↑heat, ↑regime, ↑silence, ↑system …   Collocations dictionary

  • ancien régime —    (anhs YEHN ray ZHEEM) [French] The old government, particularly that of France before the revolution of 1789.    See also regime.    straight talk that pierces the pretensions and propaganda of an oppressive and antidemocratic ancien régime… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

  • China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

  • Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …   Wikipedia

  • RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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