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BNC: 10606 COCA: 18158

stricture

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
stricture /ˈstrɪktʃɚ/ noun
plural strictures
stricture
/ˈstrɪktʃɚ/
noun
plural strictures
Learner's definition of STRICTURE
[count] formal
1 
: a law or rule that limits or controls something : restriction约束；限制；束缚
— often + against or on
2 
: a strong criticism严厉批评 — usually plural通常用复数
BNC: 10606 COCA: 18158

stricture

noun

stric·​ture ˈstrik-chər How to pronounce stricture (audio)
1
a
: an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
also : the narrowed part
b
: a constriction of the breath passage in the production of a speech sound
2
: something that closely restrains or limits : restriction
moral strictures
3
: an adverse criticism : censure

Did you know?

Stricture has meant many things through the centuries, and its "restriction" meaning—probably the most common one today—is actually the most recent. High-school teachers often put strictures on texting during class. Cities concerned about their murder rate have slapped strictures on the possession of handguns. And the United Nations may vote to put strictures on arms sales to a country that keeps violating international treaties. With the meaning "strong criticism", stricture is slightly old-fashioned today, but it's still used by intellectuals. So, for example, an article may amount to a harsh stricture on the whole medical profession, or an art review may just express the critic's strictures on sentimental paintings of cute little houses with glowing windows.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the church's strictures on the morals and mores of contemporary society the new zoning strictures effectively make further development along the riverfront commercially unviable
Recent Examples on the Web Yet almost three years later, the site still hosts numerous listings that appear to violate this stricture. Brian Contrerasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Many publications, including this one, have a general stricture against, say, using or mentioning the F-word. New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Apparently, in his home islands, a religious stricture forbade the harming of worms. Hampton Sides, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021 The government’s stricture on the publication of terrifying books proved pointless, there being plenty of terror to be read on the streets. Benjamin Wallace-well, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021 Abiding by the District’s stricture that no more than 50 people gather, the arts center gave over the Opera House to a concert filled to only 2 percent of the auditorium’s capacity. Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020 Iran has also broken nearly every stricture of the pact since the U.S. departure. Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020 Since then, Iran has increasingly violated the original strictures of the deal. Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 5 June 2020 The five books that Zink has published since 2014 are defined by a fervent restlessness, a desire to ignore the strictures that usually confine the contemporary novel. Andrew Martin, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Late Latin strictura, from Latin strictus, past participle

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of stricture was in the 14th century
BNC: 10606 COCA: 18158

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