restrictiveness

Noun restrictiveness has 2 senses

• restrictiveness(n = noun.linkdef) - a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat');
is a kind of limiting, modification, qualifying

• restrictiveness(n = noun.attribute) unpermissiveness - a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits;
is a kind of disposition, temperament
has particulars: sternness, strictness
Derived form adjective restrictive₁