adjective. hindering freedom of movement.

adjective. being reduced in width.

verb. Present participle of constrict.

adjective. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

"For in constricting the notion of "value" to mean solely a given thing or notion's ability to accommodate an end forever deferred to a hypostatized future, utilitarianism's strictly instrumental concept of rationality treats a given thing as something pure and absolute, to be sure — albeit only as "absolute for an other.""

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addicting  afflicting  conflicting  contradicting  convicting  

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constrict