Associations to the word «Prohibitive»

Wiktionary

PROHIBITIVE, adjective. Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
PROHIBITIVE, adjective. Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
PROHIBITIVE, noun. (linguistics) negative imperative
PROHIBITIVE MOOD, noun. (grammar) The negative imperative mood.

Dictionary definition

PROHIBITIVE, adjective. Tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche