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prohibitory

prohibitory

7.9
So high or strict that people avoid it
  • adjective
  • /prəˈhɪbɪtəri/
translation icon : prohibitivo
  • Due to the prohibitory nature of the new rules, students felt discouraged from organizing any events this year.

Examples

  • This requirement limits the applicability of the CSS because as long as developers in Massachusetts stay within the confines of established procedural and prohibitory environmental regulations, they are immunized from citizen suits.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Under Public Law 280, if the laws were criminal-prohibitory, they could be applied to activities on Indian reservations, but if they were civil-regulatory, they could not.

    Academic text (2012)

  • All humankind must fulfill the prohibitory ban of "DO NOT STEAL," one of the seven Noahide laws.

    Blog text (26)

  • Courts confront very real practical and institutional challenges in ensuring faithful execution of prohibitory statutes by enforcement officials.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Still, "courts confront very real practical and institutional challenges in ensuring faithful execution of prohibitory statutes by enforcement officials."

    Academic text (2017)

  • Signing a virginity pledge implies endorsement of a prohibitory attitude toward engaging in sexual intercourse outside of marriage.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The current study used social control and sexual socialization theory to test a model in which religiosity delays coital debut directly and indirectly through its association with prohibitory sexual attitudes.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The prohibitory fees for using the private beach prevented many families from enjoying a day by the sea.

  • The landlord's prohibitory policy on subletting made it difficult for tenants to share their apartments.

Synonyms

restrictive
vsprohibitory
52 4.7

Limits what people can do by rules or laws

causes discouragement by high cost or strict rules rather than mere control
stringent
vsprohibitory
40 6.9

Very strict rules or limits that must be followed

uses strictness to discourage or prevent actions rather than precision
prohibitive
vsprohibitory
19 7.4

So expensive that people cannot afford it

is broader, discouraging by price or strict rules not only cost
regulative
vsprohibitory
  • Formal
1 6.8

Helping to control actions by rules or laws

discourages or prevents by being very high or strict rather than by general rule
proscriptive
vsprohibitory
  • Formal
1 8.4

Stopping or limiting actions by law

discourages or prevents by high level or strictness rather than direct prohibition
constraining
vsprohibitory
1 6.3

Makes someone or something unable to act freely

discourages or prevents by high cost or strictness rather than general limitation

Antonyms

lenient
32 4.4

Not strict about rules and punishment

permissive
  • Jargon
14 4.9

Not strict and giving a lot of freedom about what people do

How Restrictive

prohibitive
19 7.4
prohibitory
7.9
restrictive
52 4.7
discouraging
15 3.9

Surface Forms

prohibitory positive

Morphology

prohibitory = prohibit (transparent) = prohibit + ory

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ory' to the verb 'prohibit', yielding a meaning 'serving to prohibit' which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Prohibitory comes from the Latin prohibere, made of pro- and habere which means 'to hold', so it meant 'to hold back'. That's why a prohibitory price or rule is so high or strict that it 'holds people back' or stops them from doing something.