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overpermissiveness

overpermissiveness noun: excessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.

Noun

overpermissiveness (uncountable)

  1. Excessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.
    • The results (Klatskin, Jackson, and Wilkin, 1956 ) showed that sleep disturbances were related to maternal overpermissiveness in the sleep area.1965, Edward J. Murray, Sleep, Dreams, and Arousal
    • Among the reactions with which the child must learn to cope are overprotectiveness, overpermissiveness, anger or embarrassment, and rejection by society.1982, Rita Beck Black, Bruce P. Hermann, Jean Thatcher Shope, Nursing Management of Epilepsy, page 97

Origin of overpermissiveness

From over- + permissive + -ness.

Questions about overpermissiveness

What does overpermissiveness mean?
Overpermissiveness means excessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.
What part of speech is overpermissiveness?
Overpermissiveness is a noun.

Words near overpermissiveness in the dictionary

  1. overperfuming
  2. overperfusion
  3. overperked
  4. overpermed
  5. overpermissive
  6. overpermissiveness
  7. overperson
  8. overpersonalisation
  9. overpersonalisations
  10. overpersonalise
  11. overpersonalised

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