different between depressive vs repressive

English

Etymology

From French dépressif or Medieval Latin depressivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??p??s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

depressive (comparative more depressive, superlative most depressive)

1. Causing depression; dispiriting.
2. Affected by depression, depressed; dispirited; melancholic.
3. Relating to or characteristic of depression.

Derived terms

• depressively
• depressiveness
• depressivity

Translations

Noun

depressive (plural depressives)

1. A person suffering from depression.

German

Adjective

depressive

1. inflection of depressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

depressive

1. feminine plural of depressivo

Anagrams

• prevedessi

English

Etymology

repress +? -ive

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

repressive (comparative more repressive, superlative most repressive)

1. Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive
   • 1846 Allan Freer - The North British Review

     Human law is indeed repressive, but repressive on moral principles comprehensively applied to the whole community, and commanding the approval of the moral sense of the governed

   • 1989 Louis Henkin - Right V. Might

     First, the classical rule forbids any unilateral right to use force to overthrow a regime on the sole grounds that it is repressive in character.

Translations

Anagrams

• pie servers

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

repressive

1. inflection of repressiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

repressive

1. feminine plural of repressivo