permissiveness

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The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen

The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.

{i} quality of being permissive, wantonness
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
permissive
{a} granting leave or liberty
permissive
not preventive
permissive
Permitted; tolerated; suffered
permissive
A permissive person, society, or way of behaving allows or tolerates things which other people disapprove of. the permissive tolerance of the 1960s + permissiveness per·mis·sive·ness Permissiveness and democracy go together. not strict, and allowing behaviour that many other people would disapprove of
permissive
Giving, or predisposed to give permission; lenient
permissive
granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"
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Permitting; granting leave or liberty
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{s} tending to grant permission, allowing; indulgent, lax
permissive
{s} tolerative
permissiveness

    Hyphenation

    per·mis·sive·ness

    Turkish pronunciation

    pırmîsîvnıs

    Pronunciation

    /pərˈməsəvnəs/ /pɜrˈmɪsɪvnəs/
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