restrictiveness

Noun
  1. A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat') (synset 113823252)
    is a type of: limiting, modification, qualifying - the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
  2. A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits (synset 104646470)
    is a type of: disposition, temperament - your usual mood
    subtypes: sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution
    same as: unpermissiveness

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