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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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. permissively adverb

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPERMISSIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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. Opposite. illiberal formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Freedom to act.

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   1. archaic : granted on sufferance : tolerated. 2. a. : granting or tending to grant permission : tolerant. b. : deficient in firmness or control : indulgent, lax. 3. : allowing discretion : optional. reduced the permissive retirement age from 65 to 62. 4. : supporting growth or genetic replication (as of a virus) permissive host cells.

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   Permissive definition: habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.. See examples of PERMISSIVE used in a sentence.

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   Being permissive is the opposite of being strict. Permissive parents let their kids stay up later and have more sweets. A permissive person is a little more lenient or loosey-goosey with the rules. A permissive teacher is easier on the students and lets them get away with more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPERMISSIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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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.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPERMISSIVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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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. Opposite. illiberal formal.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › permissivePermissive - definition of permissive by The Free Dictionary

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   1. tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid. 2. granting or expressing permission: a permissive nod. 3. optional. 4. Genetics. (of a cell) permitting replication of a strand of DNA that could be lethal, as a viral segment or mutant gene.