proscriptive
Banning certain behaviors
Proscriptive describes rules or systems that forbid or condemn certain behaviors, as opposed to prescriptive ones that mandate them.
A proscriptive approach tells you what *not* to do: Proscriptive regulations ban specific chemicals rather than approving safe ones.
The word appears in discussions of law, ethics, and linguistics, where proscriptive rules identify forbidden usages.
Placing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- strictRigorous, without flexibility
- rigidUnable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
binding · confining · controlled · regimented · prohibitive · regulatory · authoritarian · dogmatic
Authoritative legal ban
- banOfficial restriction on something
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- outlawingMaking legally forbidden
veto · embargo · injunction · taboo · moratorium · censorship · suppression · exclusion
limiting
Placing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- strictRigorous, without flexibility
- rigidUnable to bend
inflexible · binding · confining · controlled · regimented · prohibitive · regulatory · authoritarian · dogmatic · orthodox
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- banOfficial restriction on something
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
outlawing · veto · embargo · injunction · taboo · moratorium · censorship · suppression · exclusion · condemnation
proscriptivepermissive
Tolerant, lacking strictness
permitting · allowing · tolerant · libertarian · laissez-faire
proscriptiveprescriptive
Dictating correct usage
mandatory · requiring · directive · commanding · mandating
proscriptivedescriptive
Portraying with specific details
observational · empirical · neutral · documentary · value-free