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(strĭkt) 
adj., strict·er, strict·est.
strictness strict'ness n.
adj., strict·er, strict·est.
- Precise; exact: a strict definition.
- Complete; absolute: strict loyalty.
- Kept within narrowly specific limits: a strict application of a law.
- Rigorous in the imposition of discipline: a strict parent.
- Exacting in enforcement, observance, or requirement: strict standards. See synonyms at severe.
- Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition: a strict vegetarian.
- Botany. Stiff, narrow, and upright.
[Middle English stricte, narrow, small, from Latin strictus, tight, strict, past participle of stringere, to draw tight.]
strictly strict'ly adv.strictness strict'ness n.
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adjective
- Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness: close, exact, faithful, full, rigorous. See careful/careless.
- Rigorous and unsparing in treating others: demanding, exacting, hard, harsh, rigid, severe, stern, tough, unyielding. See easy/hard.
- Conforming completely to established rule: exact, rigorous, uncompromising. See usual/unusual.
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Definition: accurate, absolute
Antonyms: imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, loose, uncertain
adj
Definition: authoritarian
Antonyms: amenable, easy-going, flexible, lenient, tolerant, tractable, yielding
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IN BRIEF: Keeping to rules in an exact way.
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.
— Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
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sign description: The bent V-hand is brought up and strikes the nose.
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For other uses, see Strict (disambiguation).
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In mathematical writing, the adjective strict is used to modify technical terms which have multiple meanings. It indicates that the exclusive meaning of the term is to be understood. (More formally, one could say that this is the meaning which implies the other meanings.) The opposite is non-strict. This is often implicit but can be put explicitly for clarity. In some contexts the word "proper" is used as a mathematical synonym for "strict".
Use
This term is commonly used in the context of inequalities — the phrase "strictly less than" means "less than and not equal to" (likewise "strictly greater than" means "greater than and not equal to"). More generally a strict partial order, strict total order and strict weak order exclude equality and equivalence
A related use occurs when comparing numbers to zero — "strictly positive" and "strictly negative" mean "positive and not equal to zero" and "negative and not equal to zero", respectively. Also, in the context of functions, the adverb "strictly " is used to modify the terms "monotonic", "increasing", and "decreasing".
On the other hand, sometimes one wants to specify the inclusive meanings of terms. In the context of comparisons, one can use the phrases "non-negative", "non-positive", "non-increasing", and "non-decreasing" to make it clear that the inclusive sense of the terms is intended.
Using such terminology helps avoid possible ambiguity and confusion. For instance, upon reading the phrase "x is positive", it is not immediately clear whether x = 0 is possible, since some authors might use the term positive loosely, and mean that x is not less than zero. Therefore, it is prudent to write "x is strictly positive" for x>0 and "x is non-negative" for x≥0. (A precise term like non-negative is never used with the word negative in the wide, loose sense that includes zero.)
The word "proper" is often used in the same way as "strict." For example, a "proper subset" of a set S is a subset that is not equal to S itself, and a "proper class" is a class which is not also a set.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - strikt, streng, stram, udtrykkelig, nøje
idioms:
- strictly speaking strengt taget
Nederlands (Dutch)
strikt, stipt, streng
Français (French)
adj. - strict, sévère, rigide, rigoureux, de stricte observance, formel, absolu
idioms:
- strictly speaking à proprement parler
Deutsch (German)
adj. - genau, streng, strenggläubig
idioms:
- strictly speaking strenggenommen
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυστηρός, απαρέγκλιτος, επακριβής, ακριβολόγος, απόλυτος
idioms:
- strictly speaking ακριβώς ειπείν, χάριν ακριβολογίας
Italiano (Italian)
esatto, rigido, stretto, ortodosso
idioms:
- strictly speaking in linea teorica
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - estrito
idioms:
- strictly speaking em rigor
Русский (Russian)
точный, не допускающий отклонений, требовательный
idioms:
- strictly speaking строго говоря
Español (Spanish)
adj. - puntual, exacto, severo, estricto, riguroso, ortodoxo
idioms:
- strictly speaking en realidad
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sträng, rigorös, hård, upprättstående (bot.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
严格的, 严谨的, 精确的, 严厉的, 完全的, 绝对的
idioms:
- strictly speaking 严格来说
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 嚴格的, 嚴謹的, 精確的, 嚴厲的, 完全的, 絕對的
idioms:
- strictly speaking 嚴格來說
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄한, 주의 깊은, 완전한
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 厳しい, 厳密な, 完全な, 絶対の, 精密な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) صارم, دقيق, تام, قاطع
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - קפדן, מחמיר, חמור, מפורש, ברור, מדוייק, שלם, גמור, מוחלט
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