Sentence examples for overly repressive from inspiring English sources
"We need to reconsider all the systems of protection of public interests, and turn away from its overly repressive inclination," the document reads.
The question is whether the current Iranian regime, headed by Ayatollah Khamenei and his sidekick Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will overplay their hand with overly repressive measures to clamp down on dissent.
The title of her film (in English), Overly Forced Gestures, From Harvest to Fight, calls out the political and repressive air of the period.
It is claimed that between 10 and 20% of the population answer self-report scales on distress in an overly positive fashion (Myers and Derakshan, 2004) because they avoid negative affect, that is, they possess a repressive coping style and thus report less distress compared with non-repressors.
Most are repressive and unpopular.
Internally, the regime remained repressive.
Egyptian rule was generally repressive.
Both run repressive regimes.
