straitjacket

/ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt/ /ˈstreɪtˌdʒækt/

noun

Examples :

"The hospital staff carefully placed the patient in a straitjacket to prevent him from hurting himself. "

noun

Any situation seen as confining or restricting.

Examples :

"The strict rules at her new job felt like a straitjacket, preventing her from using her creativity. "

situation condition mind

verb

To put someone into a straitjacket.

Examples :

"The teacher had to straitjacket the disruptive student to maintain order in the classroom. "

medicine police human

verb

(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

Examples :

"The strict rules at the school straitjacketed students' creativity. "

mind action

Meanings

Examples :

"The hospital staff carefully placed the patient in a straitjacket to prevent him from hurting himself. "

Examples :

"The strict rules at her new job felt like a straitjacket, preventing her from using her creativity. "

Examples :

"The teacher had to straitjacket the disruptive student to maintain order in the classroom. "

Examples :

"The strict rules at the school straitjacketed students' creativity. "

Related Words

creativity noun

The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product that is useful to society.

physically adverb

In a physical manner.

themselves pronoun

The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun. The group of people, animals or objects previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition (also used for emphasis).

preventing verb

To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).

psychiatric adjective

Of, or relating to, psychiatry.

restricting verb

To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

carefully adverb

Sorrowfully.

psychologically adverb

In a psychological sense

straitjacketed verb

To put someone into a straitjacket.

disruptive adjective

Causing disruption or unrest.

situation noun

The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.

hospitals noun

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.