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Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.
China Mieville

Meaning of "proscriptive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSCRIPTIVE

proscriptive  [prəʊˈskrɪptɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSCRIPTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proscriptive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROSCRIPTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of proscriptive in the English dictionary

The definition of proscriptive in the dictionary is forbidding, banning, or outlawing something or someone.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSCRIPTIVE


adaptive
əˈdæptɪv
adoptive
əˈdɒptɪv
adsorptive
ədˈsɔːptɪv
ascriptive
əˈskrɪptɪv
captive
ˈkæptɪv
circumscriptive
ˌsɜːkəmˈskrɪptɪv
contraceptive
ˌkɒntrəˈsɛptɪv
deceptive
dɪˈsɛptɪv
descriptive
dɪˈskrɪptɪv
disruptive
dɪsˈrʌptɪv
inscriptive
ɪnˈskrɪptɪv
nociceptive
ˌnəʊsɪˈsɛptɪv
nondescriptive
ˌnɒndɪˈskrɪptɪv
perceptive
pəˈsɛptɪv
prescriptive
prɪˈskrɪptɪv
presumptive
prɪˈzʌmptɪv
proprioceptive
ˌprəʊprɪəˈsɛptɪv
receptive
rɪˈsɛptɪv
subscriptive
sʌbˈskrɪptɪv
transcriptive
trænsˈkrɪptɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSCRIPTIVE

prosauropod
proscenia
proscenium
proscenium arch
prosciutto
proscribe
proscribed
proscriber
proscript
proscription
proscriptively
proscriptiveness
prose
Prose Edda
prose poem
prose writer
Prosecco
Prosecco plotter
prosect
prosector

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSCRIPTIVE

active
assumptive
conceptive
consumptive
corruptive
eruptive
exemptive
exteroceptive
heir presumptive
inceptive
interceptive
interoceptive
interruptive
maladaptive
nonadaptive
pre-emptive
redemptive
resorptive
sorptive
transumptive
unreceptive

Synonyms and antonyms of proscriptive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proscriptive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSCRIPTIVE

Find out the translation of proscriptive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proscriptive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proscriptive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

禁止性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prescriptivos
570 millions of speakers

English

proscriptive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

proscriptive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحريمي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запрещающие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prescritiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাজচু্যতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prescriptive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Proscription
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

proscriptive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

proscriptive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

proscriptive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proscription
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

proscriptive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடைநீக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आरोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasaklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prescrittiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

proscriptive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборонні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prohibitive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δέον απαγορευτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

proscriptive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

normgivande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

proscriptive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proscriptive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCRIPTIVE»

The term «proscriptive» is normally little used and occupies the 129.492 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSCRIPTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proscriptive

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QUOTES WITH «PROSCRIPTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proscriptive.
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China Mieville
Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSCRIPTIVE»

Discover the use of proscriptive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proscriptive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Kì Í: Yorùbá Proscriptive and Prescriptive Proverbs
This collection of Yoruba proverbs is the most complete and authoritative study that has ever been made available to the reading public and the scholarly community.
Oyekan Owomoyela, 1988
2
Fiduciary Duty and the Atmospheric Trust
Second Interpretation: Fiduciary Duties as Proscriptive Duties It will be recalled that the second possible interpretation of the cases of Breen and Pilmer is that the High Court is requiring fiduciary duties to be proscriptive (but not restricting the ...
Ken Coghill, Professor Charles Sampford, Tim Smith, 2013
3
Lean Six Sigma Secrets for the CIO
Proscriptive. The CIO must truly understand the myriad frameworks and standards and how they fit together to truly understand how to effectively and efficiently manage IT resources and to maximize the use of Lean Six Sigma in IT. For the ...
William Bentley, Peter T. Davis, 2009
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Preventing Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol, Culture, and Control
Room (1983, p. 587) found that in those regions of the U.S. with "dryer cultural environments" there were more problems due to drinking at any given level of consumption. Linsky and his colleagues (Linsky et al., 1986) computed a proscriptive ...
David J. Hanson, 1995
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Sport Ethics in Context
I To break a proscriptive rule is to do something the rules indicate must not be done. If a proscribed rule is broken with no loss to the rule breaker, the rule is empty. If, for example, a proscriptive rule indicates that a player must not touch the ...
Debra Shogan, 2007
6
Song Blue and White Porcelain on the Silk Road
425 In other words, the inscription “taixi” is proscriptive writing for the Northern Song Tianxi reign-year, and carries the additional meaning that these plates were made to commemorate the auspicious occasion during the Tianxi era when the ...
Adam T. Kessler, 2012
7
The Making of High-performance Athletes: Discipline, ...
Prescriptive rules of the game of table tennis, for example, produce particular actions by specifying among other things what constitutes a serve and a volley - these constraints produce what is to count as skill in table tennis. Proscriptive rules ...
Debra A. Shogan, 1999
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The Grammar of Society: The Nature and Dynamics of Social Norms
For one, norms can be either prescriptive or proscriptive: In the latter case, we usually do not observe the proscribed behavior. As anyone who has lived in a foreign country knows, learning proscriptive norms can be difficult and the learning ...
Cristina Bicchieri, 2005
9
Globalizing Interests: Pressure Groups and Denationalization
Rather traditional are directly pre- or proscriptive regulative orders in contrast with market- conform measures which honour specific behaviours, for example by providing monetary incentives. Still different are educational efforts in relation to ...
Michael Zurn, Gregor Walter, 2012
10
Portfolio Theory and Management
This obligation is protected by the “prophylactic” or “proscriptive” duties, which forbid the fiduciary to be in a position of conflict of interest (Smith, 2003). Besides the duty of loyalty and the prophylactic duties, a fiduciary is bound by the duty of ...
H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSCRIPTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proscriptive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Council leader Tim Warren: Success of Bath's city forum will depend …
It would be wrong to try and dictate what topics and responsibilities this forum should take on, so we have deliberately not been too proscriptive in setting its ... «Bath Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Why it's wrong to ban anonymity for egg and sperm donors
The proposed piecemeal assisted reproduction legislation is unacceptably proscriptive. The register it proposes represents an intolerable intrusion into the lives ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
3
Will Harper Lee's New Novel Overshadow Her First Book?
It is more poignant from a child's point of view, and I can't imagine it being better seen from the the adult prospective and yet the adult proscriptive could give us a ... «Here And Now, Feb 15»
4
Disrupting The Pink Aisle: The Rise Of Empowering Toys For Girls
Many of the most successful projects are built on the belief that girls need less proscriptive, more progressive toys. Read more: How GoldieBlox Went From A ... «Co.Exist, Dec 14»
5
Robot jurisprudence
The concern for policymakers is creating a regulatory and legal environment that is broad enough to maintain legal and ethical norms but is not so proscriptive ... «The Economist, Sep 14»
6
WikiLeaks gag order: open justice is threatened by super-injunctions
Such is the disjuncture between proscriptive court orders and the real world of information. The erosion of the principle of open justice has been steadily ... «The Guardian, Jul 14»
7
MPs attack 'grave flaws' in pubs code proposals as Small Business …
One solution would be to move some of the more proscriptive and expensive regulatory issues from the basic to the enhanced code. Things like the RICS ... «MorningAdvertiser.co.uk, Jul 14»
8
FASB Changes Standard For Revenue Recognition
The new standards take effect in 2016 and aim to make the rules more principles-based and less proscriptive. The new standards also increase the amount of ... «Seeking Alpha, Jun 14»
9
Wattpad Gets into the Digital Publishing Game
The first book to get published is A Proscriptive Relationship by Jordan Lynde: Holly finds herself inexplicably drawn to her young teacher, Mr. Heywood, who is ... «Good E-Reader, May 14»
10
What do electricity capacity markets and steroids have in common?
PJM and Monitoring Analytics are both being “too proscriptive,” he said. “Let the developers decide.” Irony aside, the comments did not surprise an analyst with ... «Platts, Apr 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Proscriptive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/proscriptive>. Apr 2024 ».
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