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permissiveness

permissiveness noun: the relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.

Noun

permissiveness (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.1981 April 5, Theodore Solotaroff, “REVIVING THE ANCIENT ART OF EXECUTION”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025

permissiveness meaning in Tamil

permissiveness in Tamil

கட்டின்மை, பொறுதியுடைமை

Origin of permissiveness

From permissive + -ness.

Questions about permissiveness

What does permissiveness mean?
Permissiveness means the relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
What is permissiveness in Tamil?
Permissiveness in Tamil is கட்டின்மை, பொறுதியுடைமை. See Permissiveness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is permissiveness?
Permissiveness is a noun.

Words near permissiveness in the dictionary

  1. permissive waste
  2. permissive working
  3. permissive-action link
  4. permissive-action links
  5. permissively
  6. permissiveness
  7. permissives
  8. permissivism
  9. permissivist
  10. permissivists
  11. permissivities

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