proscriptive
Example Sentences
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Viewed this way, minding our p’s and q’s is less about proscriptive notions of correctness, and more about mindfulness, self-discovery and proper conduct.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
But it’s to Leaf’s credit that there’s nothing simplistic, and certainly nothing proscriptive, about how that closure takes place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
His reviews — listy, pontificating, proscriptive — were a form of self-advertising that also served as a useful means of self-critique.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
The limited judicial record interpreting the PCA suggests that the legal line has been crossed if the military engages in activities that are “regulatory, proscriptive, or compulsory.”
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2018
Dear General: In spite of every effort that could be made to prevent it, the Virginia Convention has adhered to its proscriptive measures, or rather to the most objectionable of them.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
