limitative

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[lim-i-tey-tiv] / ˈlɪm ɪˌteɪ tɪv /

adjective

1. limiting; restrictive.

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Other Word Forms

• nonlimitative adjective

Etymology

Origin of limitative

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

Example Sentences

The conception of a noumenon, considered as merely problematical, is, however, not only admissible, but, as a limitative conception of sensibility, absolutely necessary.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

There would result permanent consciousness or non-consciousness, or else limitative restriction to either.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

The post-resurrection body was apparently less limitative and more expressive.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

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

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow