Meaning of RESTRICTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'striktiv
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- [adj] (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
- [adj] serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
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| | Synonyms: | | confining, constraining, constrictive, inhibiting, inhibitory, limiting, protective, regulating, regulative, regulatory, repressing, repressive, restricting, sumptuary, suppressive |
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| | Antonyms: | | unrestrictive | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*strict"ive\, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a
restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
--{Re*strict"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*strict"ive*ness}, n.
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