permissiveness
The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something…The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
US/pɚmˈɪsɪvnəs/
» That's all a result of permissiveness and failure to punish.
Это всё от вседозволенности и безнаказанности.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.
More definitions
- a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
Examples
1 sentencesThat's all a result of permissiveness and failure to punish.
ruЭто всё от вседозволенности и безнаказанности. — marafon
Translations
1 languagesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior:tolerance
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedpermissive
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable