'Restrictive' definitions:

Definition of 'restrictive'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" [ant: unrestrictive]
adjective
(of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

Definition of 'Restrictive'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Astringent or styptic in effect. [Obs.] --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] --{Re*strict"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*strict"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]