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

But it’s to Leaf’s credit that there’s nothing simplistic, and certainly nothing proscriptive, about how that closure takes place.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

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

How do we encourage and foster greater inclusivity in the arts and arts journalism without falling into a rigidly proscriptive approach?

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2020

Brown, either do this, or cease your empty vaporing against the proscriptive features of our system, as you are pleased to style it.

From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway