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What is repressiveness?

What is repressiveness? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The state or condition of being repressive.
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Initially he did indeed offer some respite from the repressiveness of the two preceding popes.
The perception is growing that the old type of military or Kemalist authoritarianism is being replaced by a more civilian type of repressiveness.
The arrival of the work teams was greeted at first with joy, but their repressiveness soon led to a change.
Morocco could probably achieve the same result with less pain, and Tunisians, who mostly appear baffled by their government's repressiveness, are certainly ready for greater freedom.
The repressiveness of the Burmese junta is overlaid with mysticism that can often border on the bizarre.
But the repressiveness of its laws, its total absence of democracy, its opaqueness, the corruption and venality of some of its myriad princes, are suddenly seen anew.

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