Definition of Restrictiveness

1. Noun. A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ('red hat' has a more specific meaning than 'hat').

Generic synonyms: Limiting, Modification, Qualifying

2. Noun. A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits.
Exact synonyms: Unpermissiveness
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Temperament
Specialized synonyms: Sternness, Strictness
Derivative terms: Restrictive, Unpermissive
Antonyms: Permissiveness

Definition of Restrictiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restrictiveness

restriction enzyme
restriction enzyme cutting site
restriction fragment
restriction fragment
restriction fragment length polymorphism
restriction length polymorphism
restriction map
restriction mapping
restriction methylation
restriction nuclease
restriction nuclease
restriction site
restriction site
restrictive
restrictively
restrictiveness (current term)
restrictives
restrictive cardiomyopathy
restrictive clause
restrictive temperature
restricts
restrike
restrikes
restriking
restring
restringent
restringing
restrings
restrive
restriven

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