Definition of Restrictive

1. Adjective. Serving to restrict. "Teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"


2. Adjective. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports.
Similar to: Protective
Derivative terms: Restrict

Definition of Restrictive

1. a. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.

Definition of Restrictive

1. Adjective. Confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Restrictive

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restrictive

restriction fragment
restriction length polymorphism
restriction map
restriction mapping
restriction methylation
restriction nuclease
restriction site
restrictionary
restrictionism
restrictionisms
restrictionist
restrictionists
restrictionless
restrictions
restrictive (current term)
restrictive cardiomyopathy
restrictive clause
restrictive covenant
restrictive practices
restrictive temperature
restrictively
restrictiveness
restrictives
restrictor
restrictors
restricts
restrike
restrikes
restriking

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