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
“You can be anyone you want to be, free from proscriptive constructs and sensory needs,” said Lucie Greene, the founder of Light Years, a futures and brand strategy firm.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 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
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
Dear General: In spite of every effort that could be made to prevent it, the Virginia Convention has adhered to its proscriptive measures, or rather to the most objectionable of them.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
