permissivenessn.

Brit.

/pəˈmɪsᵻvnᵻs/, U.S.

/pərˈmɪsᵻvnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: permissive adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < permissive adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or fact of giving permission; permissibility. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > quality or attitudes of being permissive

permissiveness1837

permissivism1961

1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 278/1 There is in the declaration a permissiveness and good humour which in public men has seldom been exceeded.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xlviii. 381 She threw a royal permissiveness into her way of saying [etc.].

1926 Times 13 July 14/2 There would be no question of permissiveness in the practical application of the Act.

1984 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 15 June 6 Enactment of the legislation without amendments would signal that the political leadership in Albany seeks to compete with other states..on the basis of maximum permissiveness for banks and minimum protection for consumers.

2. The quality or state of being permissive; esp. sexual licence or freedom.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun]

goleshipc1000

golenessa1050

kaggerleȝcc1175

untowenshipa1250

follyc1300

wantonnessc1390

ragerya1393

nicetya1400

wantonhead1435

lightnessa1450

gole?a1500

free will?1518

nicenessa1533

looseness1576

licentiousness1586

waggishness1591

libertinage1611

libertinism1611

licence1713

fastness1859

permissiveness1946

1946 Amer. Psychologist 1 420/2 When genuine acceptance and permissiveness are your tools it requires nothing less than the whole complete personality.

1966 Listener 6 Oct. 492/2 Permissiveness can rarely have gone further than it does today, and it may be..that we shall soon be due for a reaction, and a return to stricter standards.

1991 L. Faderman Odd Girls & Twilight Lovers iii. 62 The decade of the 1920s witnessed a permissiveness among the most sophisticated to experiment not only with heterosexuality but with bisexuality as well.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	permissiveness
释义	permissivenessn. Brit. /pəˈmɪsᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /pərˈmɪsᵻvnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: permissive adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < permissive adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or fact of giving permission; permissibility. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > quality or attitudes of being permissive permissiveness1837 permissivism1961 1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 278/1 There is in the declaration a permissiveness and good humour which in public men has seldom been exceeded. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xlviii. 381 She threw a royal permissiveness into her way of saying [etc.]. 1926 Times 13 July 14/2 There would be no question of permissiveness in the practical application of the Act. 1984 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 15 June 6 Enactment of the legislation without amendments would signal that the political leadership in Albany seeks to compete with other states..on the basis of maximum permissiveness for banks and minimum protection for consumers. 2. The quality or state of being permissive; esp. sexual licence or freedom. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] goleshipc1000 golenessa1050 kaggerleȝcc1175 untowenshipa1250 follyc1300 wantonnessc1390 ragerya1393 nicetya1400 wantonhead1435 lightnessa1450 gole?a1500 free will?1518 nicenessa1533 looseness1576 licentiousness1586 waggishness1591 libertinage1611 libertinism1611 licence1713 fastness1859 permissiveness1946 1946 Amer. Psychologist 1 420/2 When genuine acceptance and permissiveness are your tools it requires nothing less than the whole complete personality. 1966 Listener 6 Oct. 492/2 Permissiveness can rarely have gone further than it does today, and it may be..that we shall soon be due for a reaction, and a return to stricter standards. 1991 L. Faderman Odd Girls & Twilight Lovers iii. 62 The decade of the 1920s witnessed a permissiveness among the most sophisticated to experiment not only with heterosexuality but with bisexuality as well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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