Definitions for restrictiveness
re·stric·tive·ness

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1. restrictivenessnoun

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

2. unpermissiveness, restrictivenessnoun

   a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

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1. restrictivenessnoun

   The state of being restrictive.

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1. Restrictiveness

   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. Restrictiveness

   In semantics, a modifier is said to be restrictive 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. By contrast, in "John's beautiful mother", beautiful is non-restrictive; "John's mother" identifies her sufficiently, while "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. 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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How to pronounce restrictiveness?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say restrictiveness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of restrictiveness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of restrictiveness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=restrictiveness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Restrictiveness
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictiveness
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=restrictiveness