People gratuitously making fools out of themselves is a consequence of a pluralistic and permissive society.
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Permissive
Synonyms for "permissive" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
nonprohibitivenonrestrictivenothing loathobligativeobligingoff guardoff-guardopen-mindedoptativeout of controlout of handoverindulgentoverly permissiveoverpermissivepermittingpotentialprocrastinatingpromptrampantratifying
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Antonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разрешаващ adj (lenient)
Catalan
1 entries- permissiu adj (lenient)
Dutch
4 entries- lankmoedig adj (lenient)
- toegevend adj (lenient)
- tolerant adj (lenient)
- verdraagzaam adj (lenient)
Finnish
2 entries- salliva adj (lenient)
- suvaitsevainen adj (lenient)
French
1 entries- permissif adj (lenient)
Hungarian
3 entries- elnéző adj (lenient)
- engedékeny adj (lenient)
- megengedő adj (lenient)
Italian
1 entries- permissivo adj (lenient)
Norwegian
1 entries- tolerant adj (lenient)
Portuguese
1 entries- permissivo adj (lenient)
Spanish
1 entries- permisivo adj (lenient)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom's parents were very permissive.
Source: tatoeba (6635275)
Tom's parents are very permissive.
Source: tatoeba (6635277)
Mary's parents are very permissive.
Source: tatoeba (6635279)
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