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PERMISSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("permissiveness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Attribute:
permissive (granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline)
unpermissive (not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "permissiveness"):
acceptance; sufferance; toleration (a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations)
indulgence; lenience; leniency (a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone)
overtolerance (too much permissiveness)
Antonym:
unpermissiveness (a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits)
Derivation:
permissive (granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline)