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
The limited judicial record interpreting the PCA suggests that the legal line has been crossed if the military engages in activities that are “regulatory, proscriptive, or compulsory.”
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 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
It was not demonstrated that the scheme was either unnatural, proscriptive, or foolish.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
