limitative

[ lim-i-tey-tiv ]

adjective

1. limiting; restrictive.

Other Words From

• non·limi·tative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of limitative¹

From the Medieval Latin word līmitātīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See limitation, -ive

Example Sentences

But, destitute of such limitative adjunct, Judas of itself was nothing.

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But these two forces, the me and the not-me, are reciprocally limitative.

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The conception of a noumenon is therefore merely a limitative conception and therefore only of negative use.

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Their theoretical significance consists merely in their regulative and limitative functions.

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