restrictivistn.adj.
/rᵻˈstrɪktɪvɪst/, U.S. /rəˈstrɪktɪvəst/, /riˈstrɪktɪvəst/ A. n.
An advocate of restricting something; = restrictionist n. Also: a person who believes that something is inherently restricted. Cf. restrictivism n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > other political theories or doctrines > adherents of
quietist1783
restrictionist1812
progressist1844
abstentionist1857
progressive1884
productivist1892
white supremacist1896
restrictivist1899
minimalist1906
renovationist1920
Eurasian1922
communalist1927
Europasian1928
cultural Marxist1998
1899 L. J. Greenberg in Jewish Year Bk. 5660 363 The important point, however, for the restrictivist is not the number of Jews at present residing in the United Kingdom, but the number of Russian and Polish Jews.
1981 N. Cooper Diversity of Mod. Thinking ii. 30 The restrictivist..is at one and the same time laying down the necessary conditions for calling a judgement an ‘acceptable moral judgement’.
1989 W. F. Grover President as Prisoner 8 Restrictivists are wary of the growth in presidential power, and point to the excesses of the Johnson and Nixon presidencies for confirmation of the danger inherent in such growth.
2001 H. A. Netland Encountering Relig. Pluralism x. 322 Is it possible that some..understand enough about God through general revelation and respond to this knowledge with appropriate faith? Restrictivists typically rule out this possibility.
B. adj.
Characterized by restriction; = restrictionist adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines
radical1783
progressive1830
progressist1843
abstentionist1857
restrictionist1858
communalist1871
mutualistic1874
militant1876
possibilist1881
productivist1892
radical feminist1905
rejectionist1909
minimalist1917
pan-Asian1917
maximalist1918
one-world1919
Eurasian1922
gradualistic1926
Europasian1928
gradualist1931
social revolutionary1931
renovationist1934
restrictivist1936
identitarian1943
cultural Marxist1949
1936 Rev. Econ. Statistics 18 95/2 Single, outstanding items tend to be the indispensable crude materials or foodstuffs which even the highly restrictivist states require.
1966 New Statesman 21 Oct. 574/1 Cost-inflation..forces the government to adopt restrictivist policies.
1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society viii. 115 Part of the genetic coding of all children is knowledge of the highly restrictivist principles of universal grammar.
2006 E. T. Lau Paper Families iv. 94 From the inception of restrictivist legislation, qualitative categories also permitted the exclusion of would-be immigrants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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