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. 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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   Karen

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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. The Supreme Court:

   The Court expresses no view on the merits of the cases, in particular, the Court does not decide whether petitioners' religious exercise has been substantially burdened, whether the Government has a compelling interest, or whether the current regulations are the least restrictive means of serving that interest.

2. April Masini:

   I hear from lots of people looking for love, unsuccessfully, that they’ve got a restrictive list of ‘filters,’ including age, when you open your age range filter by including younger people among your possibilities, you’ve got a whole new group of folks to date.

3. Faisal Durrani:

   This will have a direct impact on the mortgage market, which is already very restrictive.

4. Thomas Dupree:

   Right now we've got a conservative court. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they take a fairly restrictive view of how colleges and universities can consider race in admissions.

5. Charles Branas:

   We were somewhat surprised most by the recent, growing divergence in the rates of mass shootings between permissive and restrictive states.

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