All 3 Uses of
constraint
in
Outliers
- By contrast, the working-class and poor children were characterized by "an emerging sense of distance, distrust, and constraint."
Chpt 4constraint = limitation of action
- He learned constraint.
Chpt 4constraint = things that limit actions
- And what Korean Air did, when it finally turned its operations around, was give its pilots the opportunity to escape the constraints of their cultural legacy.
Chpt 9 *constraints = limitations
Definitions:
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(1)
(constraint) limitation (something that limits something else)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In classic literature, constraint is often used where constrained would be used today to indicate an inhibited attitude (lack of spontaneity).