straitjacket

Words with a similar base: straitjacket

'straitjacket'

[straitjacket.n.01] as in: anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines

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Examples:
they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket
the government is operating in an economic straitjacket

'straitjacket'

[straitjacket.n.02] as in: a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person