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proscriptive

proscriptive adjective: proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard.

Adjective

proscriptive (comparative more proscriptive, superlative most proscriptive)

  1. proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

Antonyms of proscriptive

Forms of proscriptive

comparativemore proscriptive
superlativemost proscriptive

Words formed from proscriptive

Questions about proscriptive

What does proscriptive mean?
Proscriptive means proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard.
What part of speech is proscriptive?
Proscriptive is an adjective.

Words near proscriptive in the dictionary

  1. proscription
  2. proscriptional
  3. proscriptionist
  4. proscriptionists
  5. proscriptions
  6. proscriptive
  7. proscriptively
  8. proscriptiveness
  9. proscriptivism
  10. proscriptivist
  11. proscriptivists

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