restrictive
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restrictive
- /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/
Rhymes with -ɪktɪv
Where it comes from
From Middle French restrictif.
Morphologically restrict + -ive.
adjective more restrictive · most restrictive
- Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds. The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
- limiting free and easy bodily movement. Some of them [teenagers] who will become lesbians clearly are being hit with the same kind of garbage which we got hit with in the fifties. There's been a real resurgence of that in terms of values and double standards and music. The clothes again — we're back to high heels and restrictive little fe
noun restrictives
- A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase. […] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: confining, restricting, constraining, limiting, constrictive, repressive, suppressive, protective, inhibitory, sumptuary, repressing, regulative, regulatory, inhibiting, regulating, restrict
Translations
Every language
adj confining; limiting
| Español | restrictivo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 한정적인 hanjeongjeog-in, 제한하는 jehanhaneun |
| 日本語 | 限定的 genteiteki |
| 中文 | 限制性 xiànzhìxìng |
| हिन्दी | प्रतिबंधात्मक pratibandhātmak |
| Português | restritivo |
| Français | restrictif |
| Deutsch | einschränkend, restriktiv |
| Italiano | restrittivo |
| Ελληνικά | περιοριστική perioristikí |
| Română | restrictiv |
| Русский | ограничи́тельный ograničítelʹnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | hạn chế |
| العربية | تَقْيِيدِيّ taqyīdiyy |
Talk about this word "restrictive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/restrictive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. restrictive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/restrictive "restrictive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/restrictive.Cite this
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title = {restrictive},
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