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1. (noun) restrictiveness
a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')

2. (noun) unpermissiveness, restrictiveness
a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

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