limitative

[ lim-i-tey-tiv ]

adjective

1. limiting; restrictive.

Other Words From

• non·limi·tative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of limitative¹

From the Medieval Latin word līmitātīvus, dating back to 1520–30. See limitation, -ive

Example Sentences

I wonder at the folly of those who, in order to know God better, consider him, they say, in his pure and absolute essence, disengaged from all limitative determination.

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But these two forces, the me and the not-me, are reciprocally limitative.

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The post-resurrection body was apparently less limitative and more expressive.

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Section 133 is not limitative.

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It is argued by those opposed to us that that is a restrictive provision, a limitative provision, on the doctrine “inclusio unius fit exclusio alterius.”

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