restrictive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective serving to restrict
    • teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments
  2. adjective satellite (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

WordNet

Re*strict"ive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. restrictif.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913