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
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’s not just descriptive; it’s prescriptive, and proscriptive too.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2018
People have this sense that we're going to learn some kind of proscriptive technique to prevent events like this from happening and that's not really what you learn from these events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2017
When all invidious and proscriptive distinctions shall be blotted out from our laws, whether they be constitutional, statute, or municipal laws.
From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
