rule-boundedness
/ˌruːlˈbaʊndɪdnɪs/noun
The quality or fact of being rule-bound.
Origin
1950s. From rule + bounded + -ness, apparently after German Regelgebundenheit, lit. ‘the quality or fact of being rule-bound’, and Regelhaftigkeit, lit. ‘the quality or fact of following a rule’.
- stretchability
- stretchable
- stretch a point
- stretcher
- stretcher-bearer
- stretcher party
- stretchiness
- stretch limo
- stretch limousine
- stretch marks
- stretch one's legs
- stretch one's wings
- stretch receptor
- stretchy
- stretto
- streusel
- strew
- strewer
- strewn field
- strewth
- stria
- striatal
- striate
- striated
- striated muscle