regulative
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈrɛɡjʊlətɪv/
- Formal
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regulador
- The government established a regulative framework to ensure that all businesses adhere to safety standards.
- regulative rules
- regulative system
- regulative function
And he calls this a regulative principle.
- And he calls this a regulative principle.
Examples
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What seems now to be a ceremonial activity most probably had a regulative nature in olden times.
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Bad action can be a violation of a regulative rule.
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In one sense, it means to ask for the regulative rules that make up the 'game.'
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And he calls this a regulative principle.
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As time passed, the importance of this system for its original regulative use had largely diminished.
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We may want to change our present considered judgments once their regulative principles are brought to light.
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How should we flesh that out in terms of regulative and constitutive rules?
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Hence, the point of a regulative rule system is logically prior to the rule system itself.
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As the case of games illustrates, a regulative rule might also be a constitutive rule.
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Drawing the line between constitutive and regulative rules thus helps us to a more nuanced picture of bad action.
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Synonyms
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6.1
Relating to official rules that control how something is done
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4.7
Limits what people can do by rules or laws
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7.0
Limiting people's freedom to speak or act
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5.6
That limits someone's freedom or ability to move
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6.5
Strict rules make people do the same things and limit their freedom
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8.4
Stopping or limiting actions by law
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6.3
Makes someone or something unable to act freely
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7.1
Making people or groups have less freedom to grow
Following set instructions or fixed ways
So high or strict that people avoid it
Antonyms
How Regulative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word regulative comes from the Latin root regula, which means 'rule' and is the same root as the familiar word regular and the English word 'rule'. So something regulative is used to control or guide things by rules.