English noun: restrictiveness | |||
1. | restrictiveness a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') | ||
Broader (hypernym) | limiting, modification, qualifying | ||
2. | restrictiveness (attribute) a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits | ||
Synonyms | unpermissiveness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disposition, temperament | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sternness, strictness | ||
Antonyms | permissiveness, tolerance | ||