Definitions for restrictive
rɪˈstrɪk tɪvre·stric·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. restrictiveadjective

   serving to restrict

   "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

2. restrictiveadjective

   (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

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1. restrictiveadjective

   Confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Restrictiveadjective

   Etymology: from restrict.

   1. Expressing limitation.

   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.

   2. [ Restrictif, Fr.]Styptick; astringent.

   I applied a plaister over it, made up with my common restrictive powder. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

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1. 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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1. 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.

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1. Restrictiveadjective

   serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade

2. Restrictiveadjective

   astringent or styptic in effect

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. restrictif.]

How to pronounce restrictive?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of restrictive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of restrictive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of restrictive in a Sentence

1. Joe Calvello:

   John takes his constitutional duty serving as president of the Pennsylvania Senate incredibly seriously, during the spring of 2020, beginning in March, much of the commonwealth, including John's home county of Allegheny, and Dauphin, the county where the state Capitol is located, were under restrictive red and yellow phases to stop the spread of COVID-19. After Allegheny County and Dauphin Countyreturned to green phase status on June 19, Fetterman returned to presiding.

2. United States:

   Following waves of restrictive legislation in the United States, the parallels between women seeking abortion in the United States and Ireland and Northern Ireland are striking, women in Northern Ireland have three options when faced with a pregnancy they do not want or feel they can not continue : travel long distances to access in-clinic abortion care, remain pregnant, or self-source their own abortion outside the formal healthcare setting.

3. Melissa Murray:

   You don't get a restrictive law like HB 1510, the law that's at issue in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, or like SB 8, the law that has basically bedeviled federal courts for a few months now and stymied access to abortion in Texas, unless you've so gerrymandered the districts in your state that your legislature doesn't necessarily reflect the scope of the populace.

4. Alan Gottlieb:

   Random violence is up all across the country, but in New York City where gun control is overly restrictive it is an epidemic with sharp blades, this is proof positive that demonizing guns does not solve the problem of violence. I bet some of those victims wish that they had a gun for self-defense.

5. Brie Larson:

   I had to stay out of the sun to get rather pale, i went on a restrictive diet ... and worked with a trauma specialist to talk about how the brain would organize itself around the sexual abuse and being trapped in a room that long but it didn't stick to me.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=restrictive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Restrictive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=restrictive
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictive
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restrictive