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TOEFL BNC: 15236 COCA: 18103

permissive

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
permissive /pɚˈmɪsɪv/ adjective
permissive
/pɚˈmɪsɪv/
adjective
Learner's definition of PERMISSIVE
[more permissive; most permissive] often disapproving
: giving people a lot of freedom or too much freedom to do what they want to do放任的;纵容的

— permissiveness

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 15236 COCA: 18103

permissive

adjective

per·​mis·​sive pər-ˈmi-siv How to pronounce permissive (audio)
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
permissively adverb
permissiveness noun

Example Sentences

Some states have more permissive laws than others.
Recent Examples on the Web As the culture of college sports has become more permissive to transfers, players who has not found a role by their third year often choose to move on. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022 Much of its testing, however, occurs in Arizona, which has permissive regulations regarding the use of autonomous vehicles on public roadways. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022 The message was clear: labor markets have endured decades of overly permissive antitrust enforcement due to a hyperfocus on consumer welfare reflected through prices. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2022 So this permissive atmosphere is hierarchy for them. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 23 July 2022 Maybe your spouse's more-permissive parenting stokes your worry about children into enraged criticism. Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN, 12 July 2022 However, some scientists say the limits currently in place are too permissive, including Joel Moskowitz, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2021 Florida Republican Greg Stuebe observed that West Virginia has some of the nation’s most permissive gun laws yet has a murder rate that’s far lower than cities with gun restrictions like Baltimore and the District of Columbia. Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 2 June 2022 An anguished soul-searching over Texas’ gun culture and permissive gun laws is unfolding across the latest community to be shattered by a shooter’s rampage. New York Times, 29 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English permyssyf, from Middle French permissif, from Latin permissus

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of permissive was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 15236 COCA: 18103
permissive

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe放縱become變得放縱ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常放縱sexually在性方面放縱a society that is sexually permissive性開放的社會

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