gatekeeping
The country's healthcare system operates on a referral basis, which gatekeeps access to care.
Their work has been highly gatekept.
This can have serious consequences on their ability to gatekeep effectively.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Limiting and restricting
anti-libertarian
armlock
boundary
box someone out
box someone/something in
crippling
cripplingly
crowd
curb
curtail
keep (herself) to herselfidiom
limit
limitation
limitative
limiting
suffocatingly
tempered
tie someone down
tie someone up
uncrippled
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