permissivenessnoun [ U ]
uk/pəˈmɪs.ɪv.nəs/us/pɚˈmɪs.ɪv.nəs/a situation in which behaviour that some people might disapprove of is allowed:
She attributed the social and economic problems of the 1980s to the permissiveness of the 1960s.
He remembers his youth as being an era of sexual permissiveness.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Freedom to act
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- free hand
- free rein idiom
- free spirit
- free time
- free-form
- hold
- independent
- indie
- liberty
- maverick
- me time
- no holds barred idiom
- no holds barred
- paddle your own canoe idiom
- volunteer
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