restrictiveness
English Thesaurus
1. a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits (noun.attribute)
2. a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | limiting, modification, qualifying, |
| definition | : | the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase (noun.linkdef) |
3. a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | permissiveness, tolerance, |
| definition | : | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | unpermissive, |
| definition | : | not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | restrictive, |
| definition | : | serving to restrict (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | permissiveness, tolerance, |
| definition | : | a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | unpermissive, |
| definition | : | not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | restrictive, |
| definition | : | serving to restrict (adj.all) |
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