Definitions for: Restrictive


[adj] (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
[adj] serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*strict"ive, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a
restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
--Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*strict"ive*ness, n.

Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, inhibiting, inhibitory, limiting, protective, regulating, regulative, regulatory, repressing, repressive, restricting, sumptuary, suppressive

Antonyms: unrestrictive

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