What does restrictive mean?
Definitions for restrictive
rɪˈstrɪk tɪvre·stric·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
restrictiveadjective
serving to restrict
"teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
restrictiveadjective
(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
Wiktionary
restrictiveadjective
Confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Restrictiveadjective
Etymology: from restrict.
They, who would make the restrictive particle belong to the latter clause, and not to the first, do not attend to the reason. Edward Stillingfleet, Def. of Dis. on Roman Idols.
I applied a plaister over it, made up with my common restrictive powder. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
Wikipedia
restrictive
In semantics, a modifier is said to be restrictive (or defining) if it restricts the reference of its head. For example, in "the red car is fancier than the blue one", red and blue are restrictive, because they restrict which cars car and one are referring to. ("The car is fancier than the one" would make little sense.) By contrast, in "John's beautiful mother", beautiful is non-restrictive; "John's mother" identifies her sufficiently, whereas "beautiful" only serves to add more information. Restrictive modifiers are also called defining, identifying, essential, or necessary; non-restrictive ones are also called non-defining, non-identifying, descriptive, or unnecessary (though this last term can be misleading). In certain cases, generally when restrictiveness is marked syntactically through the lack of commas, restrictive modifiers are called integrated and non-restrictive ones are called non-integrated or supplementary.
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restrictive
Restrictive generally refers to something that imposes limits or constraints, prohibiting or controlling certain actions or activities. It can pertain to laws, rules, conditions, practices, or characteristics that restrict, limit or hinder freedom, growth, or development.
Webster Dictionary
Restrictiveadjective
serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade
Restrictiveadjective
astringent or styptic in effect
Etymology: [Cf. F. restrictif.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of restrictive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of restrictive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of restrictive in a Sentence
It is my intention to release you, Mr. Duggar, with a number of contentious conditions which the court is going to find to be the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure the safety of the community, so I need you to listen up because we're in the room, and if you can't comply with any of them, then you're going to stay right where you are. OK. First, I agree with Mr. Gelfand that I haven't heard any evidence that you're a flight risk. I'm going to impose some conditions that's going to make traveling out of here pretty hard.
It is mind-boggling that on average one U.S. pilot a month is caught trying to fly a passenger aircraft while over the legal limit for flying, which at 0.04 percent, is more restrictive than for driving a car in many states, especially given that they know they are subject to screening, it also means that others are n’t caught, since it is not a mandatory test for all pilots on every flight.
More women living in countries with the most restrictive abortion laws have an unmet need for contraception - that is, they want to avoid getting pregnant but are not using a method of family planning - than women in countries with more liberal laws, and this adds to the incidence of abortion in countries with restrictive laws.
They must face consequences for their actions. The EU ... remains ready to consider further actions, including restrictive measures, should circumstances so require.
National Endowment for Democracy:
The law on undesirable organizations is the latest in a series of highly restrictive laws that limit the freedom of Russian citizens, this law, as well as its predecessors, contravenes Russia's own constitution as well as numerous international laws and treaties. The true intent of these laws is to intimidate and isolate Russian citizens.
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- تقييديArabic
- абмежавальныBelarusian
- ограничителенBulgarian
- restrictiuCatalan, Valencian
- restriktivní, omezujícíCzech
- restriktiveDanish
- einschränkend, restriktivGerman
- περιοριστικήGreek
- restrictivoSpanish
- piiravateEstonian
- محدودPersian
- rajoittaviaFinnish
- restrictifFrench
- प्रतिबंधात्मकHindi
- korlátozóHungarian
- ketatIndonesian
- restrittivoItalian
- 限定的Japanese
- 제한적Korean
- restrictivusLatin
- ribojančiųLithuanian
- ierobežojošusLatvian
- рестриктивен, ограничителенMacedonian
- ketatMalay
- restriktivNorwegian
- beperkendDutch
- ograniczającyPolish
- restritivoPortuguese
- restrictivRomanian
- ограничительныйRussian
- рестриктиван, restriktivanSerbo-Croatian
- obmedzujúciSlovak
- omejevalenSlovene
- จำกัดThai
- kısıtlayıcıTurkish
- обмежувальнийUkrainian
- مؤکدUrdu
- hạn chếVietnamese
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