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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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 behavior within certain specified limits;
[syn: unpermissiveness, restrictiveness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

   2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
      [1913 Webster] --Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. --
      Re*strict"ive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

restrictiveness
    n 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 behavior within certain specified limits [syn:
       unpermissiveness, restrictiveness] [ant:
       permissiveness, tolerance]