permissive
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4.9
- adjective
- /pərˈmɪsɪv/
- Jargon
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permisivo
- Many parents today adopt a permissive style of parenting, allowing their children to make their own choices.
- permissive attitude
- permissive parenting
- permissive society
But then people go between loving and permissive or hostile and permissive.
- But then people go between loving and permissive or hostile and permissive.
- We don't, we grandparent in the most permissive, indulgent way.
- So so we we're not about permissive parenting.
- And you know the I mean, you went to Mali, which is a permissive environment, correct?
- And So what happens then when there's an enormous amount of fiscal flight to more permissive areas?
- So I started out, I was working for the agency and we're going into all these semi permissive environments, I guess you would call them.
- It's given that we have the most permissive mating culture ever, it is strange that dating has probably never been so hard.
- But what we have today is, I argue, a little worse because it's permissive parenting without at least the kids had independence.
- So for me, instead of accepting this official coordinates on the one hand, we Western permissive society on the other hand back fundamentalists.
- So to have it be permissive, to be validated, Like, look, this stuff can have happened.
Examples
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We asked the student-athletes to characterize their coach as a cooperative, command, or permissive leader.
Academic text (1991) -
Our educational system has become far too permissive.
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All I can do is say some places are more permissive than others.
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The chances of it being someone as permissive as me are pretty remote.
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We've been too permissive with you, young man.
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Increasingly, books on child-rearing have stressed the need for a permissive, liberal home environment.
Academic text (1991) -
The current idea is that the parents are excessively permissive, against the authoritarianism of old.
Blog text (9) -
Not teenagers: Sweden has very low rates of teenage pregnancy despite permissive attitudes about teenage sex.
Academic text (1992) -
We don't, we grandparent in the most permissive, indulgent way.
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It has to do with regularity and a permissive attitude towards your subconscious.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not strict and allowing people more freedom
32
4.4
Not strict about rules and punishment
Not strict about following rules or standards
Antonyms
Compounds
How Permissive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Permissive comes from the same root as permit and permission, which come from a Latin verb meaning 'to allow'. So a permissive person or rule is one that often 'allows' a lot and is not strict.