1820 J. Foster 118 To make the most efficient authority of the nation bear repressively upon the evil.
1921 11 658 Its protagonists feel it to be conceived, in contrast with the anti-trust acts, both more constructively and less repressively.
2006 A. Harrington et al. 560/1 Instead of being repressively controlled, fragmented society is driven by the ‘pleasure principle’.