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
