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单词 proscriptive
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proscriptiveadj.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈskrɪptɪv/, U.S. /proʊˈskrɪptɪv/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōscript- , prōscrībere , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōscript-, past participial stem of prōscrībere proscribe v. + -ive suffix.
Of the nature of a proscription; characterized by or favouring proscription; prohibitory.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adjective] > proscriptive or interdictory
interdictive1609
interdictory1755
proscriptive1757
society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [adjective] > of nature of proscription
proscriptive1757
1757 S. Foote Author i. 6 A most noble Triumvirate; and..as proscriptive and arbitrary, as the famous Roman one.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1788) VI. xxxv. 143 The Imperial ministers pursued with proscriptive laws, and ineffectual arms, the rebels whom they had made.
1830 N. Amer. Rev. July 143 He has vehemently asserted his innocence, and complained most feelingly of the proscriptive measures of which he was the victim.
1853 E. G. Holland Mem. J. Badger (1854) i. 23 The powerful and established party..becomes proscriptive towards the new and weaker organizations.
1880 Catholic World Apr. 94 Lord Baltimore and his companions..stood alone in their opposition to the proscriptive doctrines of the age.
1940 Social Forces 19 266/2 Their prejudices reinforced the subordination of the Negro, while they supported the proscriptive practices of caste.
1970–1 Film Q. Winter 6/2 The visual conceptions of Weekend and One Plus One are prescriptive and proscriptive—they require a certain kind of shot and rule out other kinds.
1992 New Builder 13 Feb. 7/3 It includes a less proscriptive framework for financial auditing, and allows TECs to set their own criteria for monitoring the quality of training.

Derivatives

proˈscriptively adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adverb] > proscriptively
proscriptively1832
society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [adverb] > in manner of proscribing
proscriptively1832
1832 Superintendent's Rep. in S. S. Randall Common School Syst. N.Y. (1851) 35 It [sc. the adoption of a particular set of class books] would operate proscriptively and with manifest injustice.
1887 Times 27 May 9/5 Tribunals substitute happy guesses for the natural sources of information from which they are proscriptively debarred.
1998 Art Jrnl. 57 89 I hope that the theme isn't perceived proscriptively.
proˈscriptiveness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > proscription or interdiction > quality of being proscriptive
proscriptiveness1855
1855 National Era 8 Nov. 177 It is not..an unreasonable expectation that men animated by such a spirit will so revise their declaration of principles and policy as to leave in them nothing..obnoxious to the charge of proscriptiveness or intolerance.
1886 N. F. Ravlin Progress. Thoughts Great Subj. v. 70 The proscriptiveness of ecclesiastical intolerance is a characteristic of a dead church.
1928 R. W. Winston A. Johnson: Plebeian & Patriot iv. 71 He fiercely attacked and destroyed the Know-Nothing party on account of its signs, its grips, its passwords, its..narrowness, littleness and proscriptiveness.
1992 Times 1 Jan. 10/5 Behind this increasing proscriptiveness lies a revolution in attitudes to animal life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1757
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