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Modification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
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restrictiveness
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Word definitions for restrictiveness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Restrictive \Re*strict"ive\, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.] Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] -- Re*strict"ive*ly , adv. -- Re*strict"ive*ness ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In semantics , a modifier is said to be restrictive (or defining ) if it restricts the reference of its head . For example, in "the red car is fancier than the blue one", red and blue are restrictive, because they restrict which cars car and one are referring ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being restrictive.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. modification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
Usage examples of restrictiveness.
Storm, the white-haired, light-skinned black woman who expresses almost no personality and is used, rather slavishly, as a weapon --they are all conservative emblems, symbols frequently employed (whether cynically or sincerely) to denote the forces of restrictiveness, to make the state of restriction seem cozy and attractive.