Crossword clues for restrictiveness
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, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being restrictive.
WordNet
n. modification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
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 to. ("The car is fancier than the one" would make little sense.) By contrast, in "John's beautiful mother", beautiful is non-restrictive; "John's mother" identifies her sufficiently, whereas "beautiful" only serves to add more information.
Restrictive modifiers are also called defining, identifying, essential, or necessary; non-restrictive ones are also called non-defining, non-identifying, descriptive, or unnecessary (though this last term can be misleading). In certain cases, generally when restrictiveness is marked syntactically through the lack of commas, restrictive modifiers are called integrated and non-restrictive ones are called non-integrated or supplementary.
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.