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proscriptive

[ proh-skrip-tiv ]

adjective

  1. involving, imposing, or defining limits or prohibitions:

    We want the guidelines to be useful, broadly applicable, and not overly proscriptive and narrow.

    Rather than a proscriptive diet, in which the patient is limited to eating certain foods and measured portions, we encourage eating a wide range of foods in moderation.



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Other Word Forms

  • ··پ· adverb
  • ԴDz···پ adjective
  • non···پ· adverb
  • ܲ···پ adjective
  • un···پ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proscriptive1

First recorded in 1740–50; from Latin ō-, stem of ōī “to publish in writing” ( proscribe ( def ) ) + -ive ( def )
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But the prohibitive costs and proscriptive laws sometimes mean there’s no choice at all.

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Viewed this way, minding our p’s and q’s is less about proscriptive notions of correctness, and more about mindfulness, self-discovery and proper conduct.

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But it’s to Leaf’s credit that there’s nothing simplistic, and certainly nothing proscriptive, about how that closure takes place.

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But the move toward zero-emission vehicles represents a significant and aggressive step toward cutting greenhouse gases in the state — a step that one Washington Republican criticized as overly proscriptive.

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I don't want to be too proscriptive to what listeners should be seeing or feeling or thinking.

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