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restrictive |
Grep of noun restrictive restrictive clause restrictiveness Overview of adj restrictive The adj restrictive has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) restrictive -- (serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments") 2. (1) restrictive -- ((of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports) Antonyms of adj restrictive 2 senses of restrictive Sense 1 restrictive (vs. unrestrictive) unrestrictive (vs. restrictive) => emancipating, emancipative, freeing, liberating => nonrestrictive Sense 2 restrictive INDIRECT (VIA protective) -> unprotective Similarity of adj restrictive 2 senses of restrictive Sense 1 restrictive (vs. unrestrictive) => confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting => inhibiting, inhibitory, repressive, repressing => limiting => regulating, regulative, regulatory => sumptuary => suppressive Sense 2 restrictive => protective (vs. unprotective) Attributes of adj restrictive Familiarity of adj restrictive restrictive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj restrictive nonrestrictive restrictive unrestrictive Overview of adj restrictive The adj restrictive has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) restrictive -- (serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments") 2. (1) restrictive -- ((of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports)
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