restrictiveness
- a word derived from restrictive.
Example Sentences
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Taylor said those moves have added to the restrictiveness of the BOE’s monetary policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“That makes monetary policy more restrictive than it was, say a couple of quarters ago, and then additional restrictiveness of monetary policy poses some risks going forward,” Miran said.
From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025
“I see our current policy situation as likely requiring less ultimate financial restrictiveness compared with past episodes and posing a smaller risk,” Evans said at a separate New York event.
From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2022
There are jabs at the restrictiveness of Victorian women’s clothing and gender roles—true enough, but unless you are yourself 16 years old, you’ve probably heard it all before.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2020
Otherwise you could tilt toward that depending on the degree of restrictiveness, that is, the degree to which the meaning of the sentence critically depends on the relative clause.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
