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   Per·mis·sive

   /pərˈmisiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. allowing or characterized by great or excessive freedom of behavior: "the permissive society of the 60s and 70s"
   • 2. allowed but not obligatory; optional: "the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory"
   • 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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. permissively adverb

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English per‧mis‧sive /pəˈmɪsɪv $ pər-/ adjective not strict, and allowing behaviour that many other people would disapprove of parents who are too permissive a permissive society —permissiveness noun [ uncountable] permissiveness in education Examples from the Corpus permissive • It's not always true that ...

3. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryPERMISSIVE definition in American English | Collins English ...

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   5 days ago · 1. giving permission; that permits. 2. allowing freedom; esp., tolerant of behavior or practices disapproved of by others; indulgent; lenient. 3. Archaic. allowable and at one's option.

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   What does the word permissive mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word permissive, one of which is considered derogatory. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. permissive has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.

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   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.

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   Dictionary definition of permissive. Allowing or tolerating something that may not be considered acceptable or appropriate by others. "The permissive rules of the company allowed employees to work from home." Detailed meaning of permissive.

7. en.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › permissivepermissive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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   Jul 19, 2023 · Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient . (of a footpath, bridleway or similar) Open to the public by permission of the landowner. ( biology) That allows the replication of viruses . Antonym: nonpermissive. Related terms [ edit] nonpermissive. semipermissive. permissive waste. permissiveness. permissively. permissive-action link.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPERMISSIVENESS definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   us / pɚˈmɪs.ɪv.nəs / uk / pəˈmɪs.ɪv.nəs / Add to word list. a situation in which behavior that some people might disapprove of is allowed: She attributed the social and economic problems of the 1980s to the permissiveness of the 1960s. He remembers his youth as being an era of sexual permissiveness. Synonym. tolerance.