1. forbidding or prohibiting something; expressing prohibition
Usage: formal
2. relating to or involving proscription or banishment
Usage: formal; historical

Examples

• The new policy takes a proscriptive approach to social media use in schools.
• The company issued proscriptive guidelines about personal phone usage during work hours.
• His proscriptive attitude toward modern technology alienated younger employees.
• The ancient Roman proscriptive lists named enemies of the state.
• The teacher’s proscriptive rules left little room for creative expression.
• The law contains several proscriptive clauses that limit individual freedoms.