proscriptive

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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

I don't want to be too proscriptive to what listeners should be seeing or feeling or thinking.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2022

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

That proscriptive spirit broke up the Republican party in Missouri; the liberal element, led by Carl Schurz and B. Gratz Brown, held a State convention.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring