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restrictiveness

noun

A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

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Word length
15
Starts with
R
Ends with
S
Contains
ES
Scrabble score
20
CEFR level
A1

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noun

  1. A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

noun

  1. A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (‘red hat’ has a more specific meaning than ‘hat’)

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