restrictive
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4.7
- adjective
- /rɪˈstrɪktɪv/
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restrictivo
- Relative to the United States, Japan has more restrictive laws concerning pornography.
- a restrictive environment
- restrictive laws
- restrictive policies
Or more realistically, some of those very restrictive diets are good short term.
- Or more realistically, some of those very restrictive diets are good short term.
- And that means is is a more restrictive definition.
- He thinks we're not quite yet sufficiently restrictive, but we're very close.
- And she went to a less restrictive version of, of Christianity.
- And I'm, I'm sorry it's so painful and restrictive, but it's the truth.
- The expansive and restrictive views of racism.
- So people were dieting on very restrictive lists of foods.
- But you should choose the form of restriction that feels the least restrictive for you.
- And avoiding things that don't love you back isn't restrictive.
- Or if they did understand what it meant, they would have insisted on cruelly restrictive prenuptial agreements.
- Because then you can start to unpick some of these highly restrictive diets.
- I I want to be expansive, not restrictive.
- John Cassian is a little more restrictive about anger than Augustine himself is.
- FAPE in the least restrictive environment.
Examples
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As always, our mission is to provide the most appropriate education for each child in the least restrictive environment.
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And you want to come up with the least restrictive, most fun, easy diet to do.
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I just thought you had to be on a really restrictive diet to look like you guys.
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Even then, the government must opt for the least restrictive way in which to further that interest.
Academic text (2011) -
And for me it felt very restrictive, unrealistic.
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It took some time to realize that initially they were restrictive in their application.
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By making ongoing eligibility for hospice services more restrictive, the new policy is, of course, designed to save money.
Academic text (2011) -
Did affected communities form coalitions to protest against restrictive policies or lobby for changes in the laws?
Academic text (1999) -
Increases in ambient pollution will likely occur unless more restrictive environmental policies are adopted and enforced.
Academic text (1991) -
The school promotes learning in the least restrictive environment to support every student's needs.
Synonyms
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3.2
Not allowing any exceptions and requiring rules to be followed exactly
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2.6
Limited in range or what it covers, often about ideas
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6.9
Very strict rules or limits that must be followed
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7.0
Limiting people's freedom to speak or act
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3.5
Keeping someone or something from having full freedom and many choices
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5.6
That limits someone's freedom or ability to move
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6.8
Helping to control actions by rules or laws
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6.5
Causes people to feel limited and unable to act freely
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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
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8.4
Stopping or limiting actions by law
Made narrower or tighter by pressure
Becoming more limited and reducing people's choices or freedoms
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
A part of a sentence that gives essential information about a noun and is not set off by commas
How Restrictive
- Formal
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8.9
359
3.2
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4.7
415
3.3
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4.4
- Jargon
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4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Restrictive comes from re- ('back') and strict (from an old word meaning 'to tighten'). So something restrictive 'tightens back' what is allowed, making choices smaller or more limited.