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1. (adj.) restrictive
tending or serving to restrict.
2. restrictive
of the nature of a restriction.
3. restrictive
of or pertaining to a word, phrase, or clause that identifies or limits the meaning of a modified element, as the relative clause that just ended in The year that just ended was bad for crops: in English a restrictive clause is usu. not set off by commas.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < MF restrictif < L restrict(us) (see restrict ) + MF -if -ive)
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| Definition of 'restrictive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) restrictive
serving to restrict
"teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
2. (adj) restrictive
(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
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| Definition of 'restrictive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) restrictive
serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade
2. (adj) restrictive
astringent or styptic in effect
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Sense: restricting or intended to restrict.
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 Afrikaans: beperkend |
 Arabic: مُقَيِّد، تَقْييدي، حَصْر |
 Bulgarian: ограничителен |
 Brazilian: restritivo |
 Czech: omezující |
 German: einschränkend |
 Danish: restriktiv; indskrænkende |
 Greek: περιοριστικός |
 Spanish: restrictivo |
 Estonian: kitsendav |
 Farsi: محدو کننده؛ دست و پا گیر |
 Finnish: rajoittava |
 French: restrictif |
 Hebrew: מַגבִּיל |
 Hindi: प्रतिबंधात्मक |
 Croatian: koji ograničuje, restrikt |
 Hungarian: korlátozó |
 Indonesian: terbatas |
 Icelandic: takmarkandi |
 Italian: restrittivo |
 Japanese: 制限する |
 Korean: 제한적인 |
 Lithuanian: ribojantis, varžantis |
 Latvian: ierobežojošs |
 Malay: secara terhad |
 Dutch: beperkend |
 Norwegian: restriktiv, innskrenkende |
 Polish: ograniczający |
 Persian: محدو کننده؛ دست و پا گیر |
 Pashto: بنديز لګوونكى، مخه نيوونك |
 Portuguese: restritivo |
 Romanian: restrictiv |
 Russian: ограничительный |
 Slovak: obmedzujúci, zakazujúci |
 Slovenian: omejevalen |
 Serbian: restriktivan |
 Swedish: restriktiv |
 Thai: ซึ่งถูกจำกัด |
 Turkish: kısıtlayıcı |
 Taiwanese: 限制(性)的 |
 Ukrainian: обмежувальний |
 Urdu: مانع |
 Vietnamese: có giới hạn |
 Chinese: 限制性的 |
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