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Meanings of permissive in English

Portuguese
permissivo
Spanish
permisivo

Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline.

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        permissivo
        Portuguese
        permissivo
        Spanish
        facultativo

        Not preventive.

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              permissivo
              Russian
              позволительное наклонение

              Grammatical mood expressing permission.

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                    позволительное наклонение

                    Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.

                          Usage of permissive in English
                          1
                          The current court's conservative majority has generally been permissive of voting restrictions.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          In respect to it, the agency of God is permissive and overruling.
                          Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for P...
                          3
                          We have also releasing or permissive function; and we have transmissive function.
                          The Making of Arguments
                          4
                          It has already been too long that permissive blindness is the norm.
                          Feminist dot com
                          5
                          This permissive chromatin structure is progressively lost as the stem cell differentiates.
                          Pubmed
                          6
                          Angleton pointedly looks for the chief Auditor's permissive nod before he speaks.
                          The Apocalypse Codex
                          7
                          Today's workplace is, I think, more permissive of opinions, yet still essentially hierarchical.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          In more rural areas where hunting is popular, lawmakers prefer more permissive rules.
                          Reuters
                          9
                          Other countries have taken a more permissive stance towards delivery drones.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          Jessica grew up with permissive parents-shehad free rein to exercise her desires.
                          Ebony
                          11
                          Don't bring the kiddies unless you have a particularly permissive style of parenting.
                          News.com.au
                          12
                          They also typically enjoy the following story, about the ultimate in permissive parenting.
                          Gunn's golden rules
                          13
                          Thyroid hormones are permissive for various species to enter seasonal anestrus.
                          Pubmed
                          14
                          He criticized U.S. abortion laws as among the most permissive in the world.
                          Reuters
                          15
                          It would give Uruguay some of the world's most permissive legislation on drugs.
                          Reuters
                          16
                          More permissive pretreatment core thresholds in core-clinical mismatch selection paradigms may be appropriate.
                          Pubmed
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                          Translations for permissive
                          Portuguese
                          permissivo
                          Permissive through the time
                          Permissive across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common