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English Dictionary: Restrictive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restrictive
adj
  1. serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
    Antonym(s): unrestrictive
  2. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Restrictive \Re*strict"ive\, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
      1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a
            restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
  
      2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
            --{Re*strict"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*strict"ive*ness}, n.
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