Regulative
Regulative adjective - Restricting according to rules or principles.
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Synonyms for Regulative
Suppressive and regulative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suppressive" instead an adjective "Regulative".
Suppressive
Suppressive adjective - Tending to suppress.
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Synonyms for Suppressive
Regulative and suppressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Regulative" instead an adjective "Suppressive".
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Related pairs
- restrictive and regulative
- restrictive and suppressive
- confining and regulative
- confining and suppressive
- governing and regulative
- governing and suppressive
- repressive and regulative
- repressive and suppressive
- limiting and regulative
- limiting and suppressive
- constrictive and regulative
- constrictive and suppressive
- constraining and regulative
- constraining and suppressive
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