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“more oppressive”
oppressive (adjective), more oppressive, most oppressive
1. Descriptive of something which is difficult to bear or very uncomfortable: Obligations and responsibilities were very oppressive for workers during the extreme heat in Jane's location.
2. Etymology: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress-, "pressed against".
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2. Etymology: from medieval Latin oppressivus, from oppress-, "pressed against".
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press-, presso-, pressi-, -prim-, -prin-
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