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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•mis•sive /pɚˈmɪsɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - too willing to allow or permit something, as social behavior, that others might disapprove of or forbid:permissive parents who allowed her to stay up late.
- giving, expressing, or showing permission:a permissive nod.
per•mis•sive•ly, adv. per•mis•sive•ness, n. [uncountable]too much permissiveness in American society.See -mis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•mis•sive (pər mis′iv),USA pronunciation adj. - habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- granting or denoting permission:a permissive nod.
- optional.
- Genetics(of a cell) permitting replication of a strand of DNA that could be lethal, as a viral segment or mutant gene.
- 1425–75; late Middle English; see permission, -ive; compare French permissif
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged indulgent, lenient, lax.
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