permissivism

[ per-mis-uh-viz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of permissivism¹

First recorded in 1965–70; permissive + -ism

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Example Sentences

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He stopped drinking, he began interrogating friends about their spiritual condition, and he transformed Commentary again, this time into the scourge of left-wing permissivism and progressivism.

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permissiveness permit

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