restrictiveness — noun 1. a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ( red hat has a more specific meaning than hat ) • Hypernyms: ↑modification, ↑qualifying, ↑limiting 2. a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine… … Useful english dictionary
permissiveness — noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior • Syn: ↑tolerance • Ant: ↑unpermissiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑permissive • Hypernyms: ↑disposition, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sternness — noun 1. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable • Derivationally related forms: ↑stern • Hypernyms: ↑asperity, ↑grimness, ↑hardship, ↑rigor … Useful english dictionary
strictness — noun 1. conscientious attention to rules and details • Syn: ↑stringency • Derivationally related forms: ↑stringent (for: ↑stringency), ↑strict • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
unpermissive — adjective not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline • Ant: ↑permissive • Derivationally related forms: ↑unpermissiveness • Attrubites: ↑permissiveness, ↑tolerance * * * “+ … Useful english dictionary