straightjacket
IPA: strˈeɪtdʒækʌt
noun
- Misspelling of straitjacket. [A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.]
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Examples of "straightjacket" in Sentences
- But its also a kind of straightjacket that may discourage the kind of discourse that is capable of persuasion.
- It might be a looney bin, the only difference between a lab coat and a straightjacket is the location of the sleeves …
- Moreover, the Gold Standard of the 1930s, which we long ago abandoned, acted like a kind of straightjacket on monetary policies.
- Resnick also offers a great editorial about the silliness of defining science fiction, a genre which refuses to be put in a "straightjacket".
- If they actually used the word "straightjacket" in a textbook, the author should be drawn and quartered, and then his/her remains put into a strait jacket.
- Former ITV executive chairman Michael Grade previously labelled the mechanism a "straightjacket" to the broadcaster's revival in the tough advertising market last year.
- Obama's ascent to the presidency with a "new area of international engagement," the realities of realpolitilk has not only forced the President into a "straightjacket" with limited policy options vis-à-vis Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.
- Couples should trade in the straightjacket of strict monogamy, which essentially doesn't work, and instead seek to be 'monogomish,' that is, being essentially faithful but allowing for outside liaisons which just might prevent the dissolution of the primary relationship.
- While the generally liberal-leaning U.S. foreign policy establishment was quick to equate Obama's ascent to the presidency with a "new area of international engagement," the realities of realpolitilk has not only forced the President into a "straightjacket" with limited policy options vis-à-vis Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq.
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