Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun restrictiveness

2 senses of restrictiveness

Sense 1
restrictiveness -- (a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat'))
       => modification, qualifying, limiting -- (the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase)

Sense 2
unpermissiveness, restrictiveness -- (a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits)
       => disposition, temperament -- (your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition")