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Definition of "permissiveness" [permissiveness]

  • The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen. (noun)

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Use "permissiveness" in a sentence
  • "So it seems more like a change in permissiveness norms rather than an overall increase or decrease in the permissiveness of sexual-orientation-related speech."
  • "Anyone who wants to stick with the tradition is accused of being a biblical literalist or a homophobic racist, because, in part, of the more fundamental change in our society towards permissiveness, that is, easy divorce, cohabitation and concubinage, abortion, pornography … and euthanasia."
  • "Because the ill tempered youth are as much a product of that kind of permissiveness as anything liberals teach."