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   permissive

   /pəˈmɪsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. allowing or characterized by great or excessive freedom of behaviour: "a permissive parent"
   • 2. allowed but not obligatory; optional: "the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory"
   • ▪ denoting a path available for public use by the landowner's consent, not as a legal right of way: "using permissive footpaths, you can visit meadows on both the banks of the river"
   • 3. allowing a biological or biochemical process to occur: "the mutants grow well at the permissive temperature"
   • ▪ allowing the infection and replication of viruses: "in vivo, viral expression is restricted but in vitro, cultured cells are permissive"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘tolerated, allowed’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin permissivus, from permiss- ‘allowed’, from the verb permittere (see permit1).

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   • 1. permissively adverb

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   What is a permissive parent?

   • 1. a. Granting or inclined to grant permission; tolerant or lenient: permissive parents. b. Characterized by freedom of personal behavior or a disregard of traditional social mores. 2. Permitted or optional: permissive uses of funds. 3. Biology Supporting viral replication. Used of a cell. per·mis′sive·ness n.

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   What is a permissive school?

   • It's a very permissive school where the children are allowed to do whatever they want. He claims that society has been far too permissive towards drugs. A permissive path can be used because the owner of the land that it crosses has given permission.

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   What does permissiveness mean?

   • Define permissiveness. permissiveness synonyms, permissiveness pronunciation, permissiveness translation, English dictionary definition of permissiveness. adj. 1. a. Granting or inclined to grant permission; tolerant or lenient: permissive parents.

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   What is a permissive person?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PERMISSIVE definition: 1. A person or society that is permissive allows behaviour that other people might disapprove of…. Learn more.

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   Learn the meaning of permissive, an adjective that describes something that grants or allows permission, discretion, or growth. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related terms for permissive.

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   A person or society that is permissive allows behaviour that other people might disapprove of: It's a very permissive school where the children are allowed to do whatever they want . He claims that society has been far too permissive towards drugs .

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   adjective. habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid. Synonyms: lax, lenient, indulgent. granting or denoting permission: a permissive nod.

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   Permissive means tolerant, lenient, or granting permission. It can also describe a society or a cell that supports viral replication. Find antonyms, translations, and examples of permissive usage.

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   Definitions of permissive. adjective. granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline. “direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive”. “ permissive parents”. synonyms: indulgent, lenient, soft. tolerant or lenient. see more.

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   A person or society that is permissive allows behavior that other people might disapprove of: It's a very permissive school where the children are allowed to do whatever they want . He claims that society has been far too permissive toward drugs .

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   adjective. A permissive person, society, or way of behaving allows or tolerates things which other people disapprove of. ...the permissive tolerance of the 1960s. Synonyms: tolerant, liberal, open-minded, indulgent More Synonyms of permissive. permissiveness uncountable noun.