different between repressive vs inadmissible

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

English

Etymology

From French inadmissible, from Middle French inadmissible

Adjective

inadmissible (comparative more inadmissible, superlative most inadmissible)

1. Not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial

Synonyms

• unadmissible, unadmittable

Antonyms

• admissible

Related terms

• inadmissibility

Translations

Noun

inadmissible (plural inadmissibles)

1. A person who is not to be admitted (to a country, a group, etc).
   • 2018, Southwest Border Migration FY2018 United States Customs and Border Patrol:

     June saw a decline in Southwest Border apprehensions and inadmissibles by 18 percent compared to May. This decline follows the overall downward trend for this time of year as apprehensions and inadmissibles along the Southwest Border have declined from May to June.

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +? admissible.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.n?d.mi?si.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.nad.mi?si.ble/

Adjective

inadmissible (masculine and feminine plural inadmissibles)

1. inadmissible

Antonyms

• admissible

Derived terms

• inadmissibilitat

French

Etymology

in- +? admissible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nad.mi.sibl/

Adjective

inadmissible (plural inadmissibles)

1. inadmissible

   Synonym: inacceptable

Antonyms

• admissible

Further reading

• “inadmissible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).