stricture
- stricture
- [[t]strɪ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]]
strictures
1)
N-COUNT: usu
pl, oft N on/against
n You can use
strictures to refer to severe criticism or disapproval of something. [FORMAL]
...Mencken's strictures on the 1920s, with its self-righteous prohibition on alcohol and unconventional ideas...
This satirical address was a thinly disguised stricture against the doctrine of the rights of man.
2) N-COUNT: usu pl, usu with supp You can refer to things that limit what you can do as strictures of a particular kind. [mainly FORMAL]
Your goals are hindered by financial strictures.
...the power of the imagination to subdue the strictures of daily life.
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Stricture — Stric ture, n. [L. strictura a contraction, from stringere, strictum, to draw tight: cf. F. stricture. See {Strict}.] 1. Strictness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke; a glance; a touch … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stricture — ► NOUN 1) a rule restricting behaviour or action. 2) a sternly critical remark. 3) Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body: a colonic stricture … English terms dictionary
Stricture — may refer to:* stenosis, in medicine * a feature of the Perl programming language * tenet, in religion * degree of contact, in a consonant … Wikipedia
stricture — I noun accusation, adverse comment, adverse criticism, animadversio, animadversion, aspersion, blame, castigation, censure, critical remark, criticism, denunciation, deprecation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, exception,… … Law dictionary
stricture — (n.) c.1400, abnormal narrowing in a body part, from L.L. strictura contraction, constriction, from pp. stem of stringere (2) to bind or draw tight (see STRAIN (Cf. strain) (v.)). Sense of criticism, critical remark is first recorded 1650s,… … Etymology dictionary
stricture — *animadversion, aspersion, reflection Analogous words: criticism, censuring or censure, condemnation, denouncing or denunciation (see corresponding verbs at CRITICIZE) Antonyms: commendation … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stricture — [strik′chər] n. [ME strictture < L strictura < strictus: see STRICT] 1. sharp adverse criticism; censure 2. a limiting or restricting condition; restriction 3. Obs. strictness 4. Med. an abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body; stenosis … English World dictionary
Stricture — An abnormal narrowing of a body passage, especially a tube or a canal. The stricture may be due, for example, to scar tissue or to a tumor. Stricture refers to both the process of narrowing and the narrowed part itself. A stricture is also… … Medical dictionary
stricture — n. a narrowing of any tubular structure in the body, such as the oesophagus (gullet), bowel, ureter, or urethra. A stricture may result from inflammation, muscular spasm, growth of a tumour within the affected part, or from pressure on it by… … The new mediacal dictionary
stricture — n. a stricture against, on * * * [ strɪktʃə] on a stricture against … Combinatory dictionary
stricture — UK [ˈstrɪktʃə(r)] / US [ˈstrɪktʃər] noun [countable] Word forms stricture : singular stricture plural strictures formal 1) a limit to your freedom 2) a criticism … English dictionary
