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restrictive


adjective

  1. tending or serving to restrict.
  2. of the nature of a restriction.
  3. expressing or implying restriction or limitation of application, as terms, expressions, etc.
  4. Grammar. limiting the meaning of a modified element: a restrictive adjective.Compare descriptive(def 2b).

adjective

  1. restricting or tending to restrict
  2. grammar denoting a relative clause or phrase that restricts the number of possible referents of its antecedent. The relative clause in Americans who live in New York is restrictive; the relative clause in Americans, who are generally extrovert, is nonrestrictive
adj.

early 15c., “serving to bind or draw together,” from Middle French restrictif, from Late Latin restrictivus, from Latin restrict-, past participle stem of restringere (see restriction). Meaning “imposing restriction” is from 1570s. Related: Restrictively; restrictiveness.

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