different between repressive vs harsh
repressive
English
Etymology
repress +? -ive
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?s?v
Adjective
repressive (comparative more repressive, superlative most repressive)
- 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.
- 1846 Allan Freer - The North British Review
Translations
Anagrams
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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
repressive
- inflection of repressiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
repressive
- feminine plural of repressivo
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harsh
English
Etymology
From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”); the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /h???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Adjective
harsh (comparative harsher, superlative harshest)
- Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
- Severe or cruel.
Antonyms
- genteel
Translations
Verb
harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)
- (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
- (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).
Synonyms
- rough
Derived terms
- harshly
- harshness
Translations
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- what does it mean harsh
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