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  • 1. permissive
  • Rhymes with Permissive
  • Permissive in a sentence
  • Quotes about Permissive
  • 2. permissive
Table of Contents
  • 1. permissive
  • Rhymes with Permissive
  • Permissive in a sentence
  • Quotes about Permissive
  • 2. permissive
Synonyms
Antonyms

1. permissive

adjective. ['pɝˈmɪsɪv'] granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline.

Synonyms

  • indulgent
  • soft
  • lenient
  • permissiveness

Antonyms

  • unpermissiveness
  • narrow-mindedness
  • intolerance
  • abstemious

Rhymes with Permissive

  • submissive
  • dismissive
  • derisive

Sentences with permissive


1. Adjective
Parenting children often means finding a middle ground between a permissive style and being overly protective.

Quotes about permissive


1. If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
- Zig Ziglar

2. permissive

adjective. ['pɝˈmɪsɪv'] not preventive.

Antonyms

  • nonindulgent
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