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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.
Portuguese
permissivo Spanish
facultativo Russian
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.
2
In respect to it, the agency of God is permissive and overruling.
3
We have also releasing or permissive function; and we have transmissive function.
4
It has already been too long that permissive blindness is the norm.
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This permissive chromatin structure is progressively lost as the stem cell differentiates.
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Angleton pointedly looks for the chief Auditor's permissive nod before he speaks.
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Today's workplace is, I think, more permissive of opinions, yet still essentially hierarchical.
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In more rural areas where hunting is popular, lawmakers prefer more permissive rules.
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Other countries have taken a more permissive stance towards delivery drones.
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Jessica grew up with permissive parents-shehad free rein to exercise her desires.
11
Don't bring the kiddies unless you have a particularly permissive style of parenting.
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They also typically enjoy the following story, about the ultimate in permissive parenting.
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Thyroid hormones are permissive for various species to enter seasonal anestrus.
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He criticized U.S. abortion laws as among the most permissive in the world.
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It would give Uruguay some of the world's most permissive legislation on drugs.
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More permissive pretreatment core thresholds in core-clinical mismatch selection paradigms may be appropriate.
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Translations for permissive
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Permissive through the time
Permissive across language varieties
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