Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Rigorous in the imposition of discipline.
- adjective Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition.
- adjective Requiring close observance or demanding in expectations: synonym: severe.
- adjective Carefully maintained or observed.
- adjective Not loose or vague; exact or precise.
- adjective Botany Stiff, narrow, and upright.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Drawn tight; tight; close: as, a strict ligature.
- Tense; stiff: as, a strict or lax fiber.
- Narrow; restricted; confined; strait.
- Close; intimate.
- Absolute; unbroken: as, strict silence.
- Exact; accurate; careful; rigorously nice: as, words taken in their strictest sense; a strict command.
- Exacting; rigorous; severe; rigid: as, strict in keeping the Sabbath; a strict disciplinarian.
- Restricted; taken strictly, narrowly, or exclusively: as, a strict generic or specific diagnosis.
- In zoology, constricted; narrow or close; straitened; not loose or diffuse: as, the strict stem of some corals.
- In botany, close or narrow and upright: opposed to lax: said of a stem or an inflorescence.
- In music, regular; exactly according to rule; without liberties: as, a strict canon or fugue.
- Synonyms Close, scrupulous, critical.
- Severe, Rigorous, etc. See
austere .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Strained; drawn close; tight.
- adjective Tense; not relaxed.
- adjective Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
- adjective Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- adjective Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- adjective (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- adjective (R. C. Ch.) See
Observance .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Strained; drawn close; tight.
- adjective Tense; not relaxed.
- adjective Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
- adjective Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- adjective Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- adjective botany Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- adjective Severe in
discipline .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective severe and unremitting in making demands
- adjective characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
- adjective incapable of compromise or flexibility
- adjective (of rules) stringently enforced
- adjective rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The only strict antithesis to Prose is Metre; nor is this, in truth, a _strict_ antithesis, because lines and passages of metre so naturally occur in writing prose, that it would be scarcely possible to avoid them, even were it desirable.]
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Edmund Spenser 1730
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In reality, the phrase "strict constructionism" is not a philosophy at all -- at least not one accepted by any credible judge or academic -- but rather a code phrase for judges who make rulings that sit well with conservatives.
Doug Kendall: The Unbearable Lightness of Michele Bachmann Doug Kendall 2011
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Usually the label strict finitism is used to describe the view sketched above.
Finitism in Geometry Van Bendegem, Jean-Paul 2002
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And it's worth noting that the term strict constructionism got a new lease on life from segregationists who opposed judicial intervention on behalf of the rights of African-Americans.
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To create her personal style, which she described as "strict," she often mixes vintage and more current designer pieces, many of them menswear-inspired, a practice that has made her a favorite on fashion-centric websites like GaranceDore.fr and WhoWhatWear.com .
Unearthing Treasures in Paris Rachel Dodes 2011
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ROBERTS: Referring to what you called strict scrutiny.
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Yes, mam, we had what you call strict fathers en mothers den, but chillun ain 'got dem dese days.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Lucy proved herself quite capable here in strict leading lady mode, with a few offbeat comedic touches for good measure.
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Lucy proved herself quite capable here in strict leading lady mode, with a few offbeat comedic touches for good measure.
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I also agree that the NESFA editors 'attempt to print the stories in strict temporal order (temporal in the sense of when each story fits into Smith's Future History) unfortunately resulted in several weak stories coming early in the volume.
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