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Restrictiveness   /rəstrˈɪktɪvnəs/   Listen
Restrictiveness

noun
1.
A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ('red hat' has a more specific meaning than 'hat').
2.
A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits.  Synonym: unpermissiveness.





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Words linked to "Restrictiveness" :   modification, strictness, qualifying, disposition, sternness, temperament, limiting, permissiveness, restrictive


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