per|mis|sive

per|mis|sive
per|mis|sive «puhr MIHS ihv», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. not forbidding; tending to permit; allowing: »

a permissive attitude, permissive parents. Not a positive, but a permissive command (Henry More). A discussion of pragmatism was naturally related to their own anxieties about permissive education (Harper's).

2. that may or may not be done; permitted; allowed; optional: »

[He] emphasized that the legislation was “permissive” and not binding upon the city (New York Times).

–n.
= permissivist. (Cf. ↑permissivist)
–per|mis´sive|ly, adverb.
–per|mis´sive|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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