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Stricture
see synonyms of strictureNoun
2. stricture
severe criticism
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Stricture
see synonyms of stricturenoun
1.
a severe criticism; censure
2. pathology
an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part
3. obsolete
severity
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Stricture
see synonyms of stricture noun
1.
sharp adverse criticism; censure
2.
a limiting or restricting condition; restriction
3. Obsolete
strictness
4. Medicine
an abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body; stenosis
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Stricture
see synonyms of stricturen.
1. A restraint, limit, or restriction: strictures placed on free assembly; strictures against food in the library; the strictures of traditional gender roles.
2. An abnormal narrowing of a bodily duct or passage.
3. An adverse remark or criticism: "my writing ... which he praises sufficiently to give his strictures a good deal of force" (Virginia Woolf).
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