Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being restrictive.
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- noun The state of being
restrictive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
- noun a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such restrictiveness is very substantially reduced, and, in the limit, may be altogether eliminated, when the unanimity criterion is shifted one stage upward, to the level of potential agreement on constitutional rules within which ordinary politics is to be allowed to operate.
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Farmiga plays a woman who is a member of a small fundamentalist church, who begins to chafe at the restrictiveness of women's roles in that church.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Higher Ground Marshall Fine 2011
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Before this year's Tunisian uprising, the country ranked behind only Iran, Myanmar, Cuba and China in terms of online restrictiveness, according to Freedom House, a Washington-based, pro-democracy nonprofit.
Web's Openness Is Tested in Tunisia Steve Stecklow 2011
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I fictionalized the story because I have been a screenwriter for some time, and after the restrictiveness of writing screenplays, I wanted to be free to discover things and let the story lead me.
Elizabeth Robinson discusses The True and Outstanding Adventures of The Hunt Sisters 2010
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Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks as I hoisted up my skirts, ignored the restrictiveness of my whalebone corset, and ran for the stairs.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks as I hoisted up my skirts, ignored the restrictiveness of my whalebone corset, and ran for the stairs.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Countering too much restrictiveness was my cure to healthy eating, and became the cure with countless patients in my practice.
Donna Fish: American Family 'Vegan Style' or, Our Vegan Month 2010
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But over the long term, the company's ability to innovate is often hobbled by its self-imposed restrictiveness in the name of 'efficiency'.
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Countering too much restrictiveness was my cure to healthy eating, and became the cure with countless patients in my practice.
Donna Fish: American Family 'Vegan Style' or, Our Vegan Month 2010
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Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks as I hoisted up my skirts, ignored the restrictiveness of my whalebone corset, and ran for the stairs.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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