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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. serving to restrict;
- Example: "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

2. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Restrictive \Re*strict"ive\, a. [Cf. F. restrictif.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a
      restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
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   2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
      [1913 Webster] --Re*strict"ive*ly, adv. --
      Re*strict"ive*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

restrictive
    adj 1: serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape
           restrictive home environments" [ant: unrestrictive]
    2: (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting
       imports