Complete Definition of "stricture"

English

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: strikcher
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪkt��(r)|-ɪkt��(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|usually in plural A rule restricting behaviour or action.

#:For them, parity is less an ultimate goal than a transitory and permissive springboard for testing Western resolve and persuing whatever additional accretions of strategic power the strictures of SALT and American tolerance will allow.

  1. A sternly critical remark or review.
  2. medicine Abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.

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