Stricture Meaning
/ˈstɹɪkt͡ʃəː/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA rule restricting behaviour or action.
nounA general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology.
Sentence Examples
The new law places a severe stricture on the use of the funds.
A stricture is a restriction on a person's activities or behavior.
The doctor diagnosed a temporary stricture in the esophagus.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The office manager placed a ____ on using social media during work hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor explained that a ____ in the esophagus was making it difficult for the patient to swallow.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Late Latin strictūra, from Latin strictus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"To his eyes it had no attraction; it savoured of simony, and was likely to bring down upon him harder and more deserved strictures than any he had yet received: he positively declined to become vicar of Puddingdale under any circumstances."
— 1855, Anthony Trollope, chapter 20, in The Warden:
"Even venerable print publications seem to accept that old strictures no longer apply when they move online."
— 2014, Astra Taylor, chapter 6, in The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
"For many young people throughout Britain in the 1970s, Northern Soul became a truly alternative lifestyle with the rites and values of the scene replacing many of the traditional strictures of society."
— 2013, Elaine Constantine, Gareth Sweeney, Northern Soul: An Illustrated History, Random House, →ISBN, page 12:
"When he read the poem to his parents, upon its conclusion, both were much impressed by it, though his father made severe strictures upon its lack of polish, its terminal inconcision, and its vagueness of thought."
— 1889, William Sharp, chapter 2, in Life of Robert Browning:
"Even in the brief moment of his entrance into the magnificence of Anthony Harding's home he had felt a strange little stricture of the throat—a choking, half-suffocating sensation."
— 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter XVIII, in The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The office manager placed a ____ on using social media during work hours.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctor explained that a ____ in the esophagus was making it difficult for the patient to swallow.