📜prohibitory

adjective
/prəˈhɪbɪtɔːri/

Meaning

Serving or tending to prohibit or forbid.

Example Sentences

The prohibitory laws were strictly enforced in the region.

Synonyms

restrictive, forbidding, preventive, disallowing

Antonyms

permissive, tolerant

Collocations

prohibitory laws, prohibitory measures, prohibitory rules

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below the threshold of conscious perception but still influencing behavior or feelings
mysterious and difficult to interpret or understand

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