Oppressive regime

Synonyms for "oppressive regime" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
authoritarian governmentauthoritarian rulebleakburdensomecruel

Strong matches (6)

Adjective(4 words)
Noun(2 words)

Related words (10)

Adjective(9 words)
Noun(1 words)
reign of terror

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries
atmospheric descriptorconditioncondition descriptordescriptive mooddescriptive termgovernmentnegative behaviornegative descriptorpolitical systemregimestateunfriendly conduct

More specific

17 entries
bullying conductcoercive pressurecruel punishmentdaily life under repressionfearful climategrim settingheavy atmospheremilitary dictatorshipone party stateoppressive silenceoverbearing workloadrepressive regimerestrictive rulessingle party rulestifling heattyrannical rule

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

10 entries
censorshiphuman rights abuseslimited civil libertiesoppressive atmosphereoppressive behavioroppressive governmentoppressive rulepolice statepolitical repressionstate surveillance

Inflections

3 entries
more oppressivemost oppressiveoppressive regimes

Derivations

4 entries