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Proscriptive vs Prohibitive - What's the difference?

proscriptive | prohibitive |

As adjectives the difference between proscriptive and prohibitive

is that proscriptive is proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard while prohibitive is tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.

As a noun prohibitive is

negative imperative.

proscriptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard

    • Antonyms

    * prescriptive

    Related terms

    * proscribe

    prohibitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
    • Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
  • Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
    • I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) negative imperative