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RESTRICTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
Classified under:
Similar:
protective (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind)
Derivation:
restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Serving to restrict
Example:
teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments
Classified under:
Similar:
confining; constraining; constrictive; limiting; restricting (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
inhibitory; repressing; repressive (restrictive of action)
limiting (strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase)
regulative; regulatory (restricting according to rules or principles)
sumptuary (regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior)
suppressive (tending to suppress)
Antonym:
unrestrictive (not tending to restrict)
Derivation:
restrict (place limits on (extent or amount or access))
restrict (place restrictions on)
restrictiveness (a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits)
