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Regulative   /rˈɛgjəlˌeɪtɪv/   Listen
Regulative

adjective
1.
Restricting according to rules or principles.  Synonym: regulatory.





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"Regulative" Quotes from Famous Books



... expression of President James Walker, "We are not to believe, but to make believe." That is, we are not to believe with our intellect, but with our will. Or, in other words, we are to believe not what is true, but what is expedient. This he calls regulative truth, as opposed ...
— Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors • James Freeman Clarke


Words linked to "Regulative" :   restrictive


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