Definition of permissiveness in English:
permissiveness
noun pəˈmɪsɪvnəspərˈmɪsɪvnəs
mass nounGreat or excessive freedom of behaviour.
a new age of sexual permissiveness
the permissiveness of the 1960s
Example sentencesExamples
- I did not argue that less permissiveness would lead to more violence.
- Perhaps they give him the same sense of permissiveness that allowed them to find their unique artistic voices nearly 40 years ago.
- Even in an age of moral permissiveness, such behaviour was held to be politically unacceptable.
- The responses of the women generally did not support a hypothesis about greater permissiveness in sexual behavior.
- When all things are permissible, then permissiveness loses its allure.
- Over the course of an hour, he made several stabs at the city's permissiveness.
- Permissiveness is ignoring misbehavior or failing to set reasonable limits on behavior.
- The biotech industry has grown up in an era of almost complete permissiveness.
- In his world, the norm would be one of extreme social permissiveness.
- If you're right, then society would be foolish not to just try out a little more permissiveness.
Definition of permissiveness in US English:
permissiveness
nounpərˈmisivnəspərˈmɪsɪvnəs
Great or excessive freedom of behavior.
a new age of sexual permissiveness
the permissiveness of the 1960s
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the course of an hour, he made several stabs at the city's permissiveness.
- I did not argue that less permissiveness would lead to more violence.
- The responses of the women generally did not support a hypothesis about greater permissiveness in sexual behavior.
- The biotech industry has grown up in an era of almost complete permissiveness.
- Permissiveness is ignoring misbehavior or failing to set reasonable limits on behavior.
- Perhaps they give him the same sense of permissiveness that allowed them to find their unique artistic voices nearly 40 years ago.
- Even in an age of moral permissiveness, such behaviour was held to be politically unacceptable.
- If you're right, then society would be foolish not to just try out a little more permissiveness.
- In his world, the norm would be one of extreme social permissiveness.
- When all things are permissible, then permissiveness loses its allure.