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Definition: Permissiveness |
PermissivenessNoun1. A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The attitude that grants freedom of expression and activity to another individual, but not necessarily with sanction or approval. (references) |
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Synonym: PermissivenessSynonym: tolerance (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unpermissiveness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Permissiveness |
| English words defined with "permissiveness": overtolerance ♦ unpermissiveness. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Szasz | Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage. |
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| "Permissiveness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Permissiveness" is used about 98 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 98 | 33,072 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "permissiveness": permissiveness-restrictiveness. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
permissiveness | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "permissiveness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ترخيص (allowance, authorization, licence, license, permitting), سماح (excuse, forgiveness, legalization, permitting, say so), التساهل, إجازة (allowance, authorization, furlough, holiday, leave, permission, permit, rest, vacation, variance, warrant, warranty), إباحية (hard up, porn, pornography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | толерантност (broad-mindedness, latitude, tolerance, toleration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 许可 (Permissive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | liberálnost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | permissivité (permitity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | permissivität, nachgiebigkeit (compliance, indulgence, pliability, softness, sponginess, spring, springiness, yieldingness), freizügigkeit (dissoluteness, generositiy, liberality, liberalness, licentiousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτρεπτό (permissibility, permit), ανεκτικότητα (broad-mindedness, leniance, resistance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתן רשות (permission, permitting), מתיר ות (indulgence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | engedékenység (complacency, compliance, indulgence, long-suffering, tractability, tractableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | permissivit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neusmaght (licentiousness), lowallys (lawfulness), lhiggalys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermissivenesspay permissividade, tolerante (broad minded, indulgently, largeness, tolerant), legalidade (legalization, legitimacy). (various references) вседозволенность. (various references) popustljivost (amenability, clemency, complaisance, compliance, deference, let alone, placability, suppleness), blagost (clemency, gentleness, lenience, leniency, lenity, meekness, mellowness, mildness, placability, placidity, softness, sooth). (various references) permisividad. (various references) tolerans (resistance, tolerance, toleration), släpphänthet (indulgence). (various references) serbestlik (exemption, independence, latitude, looseness, unconstraint, unrestraint), isteğe bağlı olma. (various references) вседозволеність. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "permissiveness": permissivenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "permissiveness" (pronounced permi"sivnus) |
| 6 | -s i v n u s | aggressiveness, cohesiveness, decisiveness, defensiveness, divisiveness, elusiveness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, intrusiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, possessiveness, responsiveness. |
| 5 | -i v n u s | assertiveness, attentiveness, attractiveness, combativeness, competitiveness, creativeness, destructiveness, distinctiveness, effectiveness, ineffectiveness, inventiveness, restiveness, restrictiveness, secretiveness, sensitiveness, suggestiveness, vindictiveness. |
| 4 | -v n u s | forgiveness, resistiveness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, astuteness, asynchronous, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, coldness, Colonus, compactness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, directness, disingenuousness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, indebtedness, indigenous, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resourcefulness, restlessness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, selfishness, selflessness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: impressiveness. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-i-m-n-p-r-s-s-s-s-v" | |
-3 letters: primenesses. | |
-4 letters: impressive, mirinesses, permissive, primnesses, prissiness, remissness, riminesses, ripenesses. | |
-5 letters: empresses, impresses, messiness, missenses, premisses, primeness, spermines. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-i-m-n-p-r-s-s-s-s-v" | |
+2 letters: imperviousnesses, impressivenesses, permissivenesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 6D 69 73 73 69 76 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. -- .. ... ... .. ...- . -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r m i s s i v e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 006D 0069 0073 0073 0069 0076 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5071847975858575887180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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