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Noun: restrictiveness  ri'strik-tiv-nus
  1. A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ('red hat' has a more specific meaning than 'hat')
     
  2. A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behaviour within certain specified limits
    - unpermissiveness

Type of: disposition, limiting, modification, qualifying, temperament

Encyclopedia: Restrictiveness