restrictiveness
Degree of constraint
Restrictiveness is the quality of imposing limits or constraints.
A law's restrictiveness determines how much it curtails behavior.
Immigration policies vary in restrictiveness across countries.
The term often carries a negative connotation—suggesting excessive or unnecessary limitation: Critics questioned the restrictiveness of the new dress code.
Quality of being unbending
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- rigidnessState of being stiff
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- firmnessResistance to deformation
unyieldingness · uncompromisingness · intransigence · obstinacy · obduracy · dogmatism · narrowness · close-mindedness
Limits on action
- boundariesLines marking separation
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- capsHeadwear or upper limits
- ceilingsIndoor upper boundaries
quotas · rationing · thresholds · limits · curbs · controls · barriers · prohibitions
Unsparing quality or manner
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
toughness · draconian · punitiveness · oppressiveness · authoritarianism · heavy-handedness · tyranny · despotism
Confined, bordered space
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- captivityState of being confined
isolation · quarantine · lockdown · internment · incarceration · cage · cell · prison
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- rigidnessState of being stiff
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
firmness · unyieldingness · uncompromisingness · intransigence · obstinacy · obduracy · dogmatism · narrowness · close-mindedness · orthodoxy
constraints
Limits on action
- boundariesLines marking separation
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- capsHeadwear or upper limits
ceilings · quotas · rationing · thresholds · limits · curbs · controls · barriers · prohibitions · embargoes
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
rigor · toughness · draconian · punitiveness · oppressiveness · authoritarianism · heavy-handedness · tyranny · despotism · iron-fisted
enclosure
Confined, bordered space
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
captivity · isolation · quarantine · lockdown · internment · incarceration · cage · cell · prison · shackles
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- narrow-mindednessnarrow-mindedness, narrowness, close-mindedness, closed-mindedness, close-minded
restrictivenesspermissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
laxness · leniency · looseness · liberality · tolerance
restrictivenessopenness
Quality of being accessible
inclusiveness · accessibility · expansiveness · freedom · inclusivity
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