Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective hindering freedom of movement.
- adjective being reduced in width.
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- verb Present participle of
constrict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
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Examples
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For in constricting the notion of "value" to mean solely a given thing or notion's ability to accommodate an end forever deferred to a hypostatized future, utilitarianism's strictly instrumental concept of rationality treats a given thing as something pure and absolute, to be sure — albeit only as "absolute for an other."
The Melancholic Gift: Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and Fiction 2008
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The couple also pour cold water on the idea of constricting the Scottish Government's options with regard to income tax bands.
Calman begins to unravel Jeff 2009
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The couple also pour cold water on the idea of constricting the Scottish Government's options with regard to income tax bands.
Archive 2009-08-01 Jeff 2009
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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Fathers in this piece are "constricting" influences on their daughters.
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