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

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

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2022

I think the beginning was a long time ago for anything and everything, so the first step is never proscriptive or formulated.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

That’s not just descriptive; it’s prescriptive, and proscriptive too.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2018

An effort was made in 1796 to bring back into full force all the proscriptive laws of the Convention, but through the efforts of Portalis the Council of Five Hundred refused to vote the bill.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)