Associations to the word «Suppressive»

Wiktionary

SUPPRESSIVE, adjective. That serves to suppress
SUPPRESSIVE PERSON, noun. (Scientology) A person who causes one severe emotional distress and impedes his or her spiritual progress.
SUPPRESSIVE PERSONS, noun. Plural of suppressive person

Dictionary definition

SUPPRESSIVE, adjective. Tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne