Restrictive Meaning and Definition


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Restrictive meaning

Word: Restrictive

How to pronounce: rɪsˈtrɪktɪv

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Imposing restrictions or limitations on someone's activities or freedom.

Example sentences: "A web of restrictive regulations"

2. (of a relative clause or descriptive phrase) serving to specify the particular instance or instances being mentioned.

Example sentences: "The problem is that few people have followed these rules systematically, and you can find lots of examples where the relative pronoun which is used to start a restrictive clause."


Synonyms:

limiting

confined

limitative

restrictiveness

prohibitive

prohibitory

constraint

constrained


Derivations:

restricting

restricted

restriction

restrict


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Restrictive in Other Languages...

Spanish: Restrictivo

German: Restriktiv

French: Restrictif

Italian: Restrittivo

Turkish: Kısıtlayıcı


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