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permissiveness
[ per-mis-iv-nis ]
noun
- the quality or condition of being accepting or tolerant of something, such as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove of or forbid:
Polls show an uptick in both social permissiveness and skepticism of government intervention.
Essays must adhere to the rules, principles, and formatting required for formal writing and should be free of the grammatical permissiveness that can be used in informal writing.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDz····Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of permissiveness1
Example Sentences
For many on the right, the image of Bragg as a poster child for Democrat permissiveness stuck.
Officials and pundits persistently attempt to redirect our attention on the housing crisis to drug use, mental health or progressive permissiveness.
Without an investment in the therapeutic parts of the criminal legal system, we seem to be inclined toward one of two extremes — permissiveness or punitiveness.
According to reports, the man said he thought "men could easily engage in sexual behaviour" at the event, which was known for its sexual permissiveness, and others who witnessed the incident did not stop him.
Or is the era of permissiveness at an end for routine balloon-borne research?
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