RESTRICTIVENESS

restrictiveness, unpermissiveness

(noun) a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

restrictiveness

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

restrictiveness (uncountable)

The state of being restrictive.

Source: Wiktionary



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DOSSIER

(noun) a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person’s record)


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