Permissiveness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɚmˈɪsɪvnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pəmˈɪsɪvnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pəmˈɪsɪvnəs/

5 syllables Say it as /pɚmˈɪsɪvnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tolerance

Antonyms

unpermissiveness

Word Forms

permissive

adjective

granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Freizügigkeit

eine Bereitschaft, Wahl- und Verhaltensfreiheit zuzulassen

🇫🇷French

permissivité

une disposition à permettre la liberté de choix et de comportement

🇪🇸Spanish

permisividad

una disposición para permitir la libertad de elección y comportamiento

🇮🇹Italian

permissività

una disposizione che consenta libertà di scelta e di comportamento

🇳🇱Dutch

toegeeflijkheid

een neiging om vrijheid van keuze en gedrag toe te staan

🇵🇹Portuguese

permissividade

uma disposição para permitir liberdade de escolha e comportamento

🇷🇺Russian

вседозволенность

склонность предоставлять свободу выбора и поведения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सहनशीलता

पसंद और व्यवहार की स्वतंत्रता की अनुमति देने का स्वभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুমতি

পছন্দ এবং আচরণের স্বাধীনতার অনুমতি দেওয়ার জন্য একটি স্বভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

அனுமதி

தேர்வு மற்றும் நடத்தை சுதந்திரத்தை அனுமதிக்கும் மனநிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

అనుమతి

ఎంపిక మరియు ప్రవర్తన యొక్క స్వేచ్ఛను అనుమతించే స్వభావం

🇮🇳Marathi

परवानगी

निवड आणि वर्तनाच्या स्वातंत्र्यास अनुमती देणारा स्वभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

અનુમતિ

પસંદગી અને વર્તનની સ્વતંત્રતાને મંજૂરી આપવાનો સ્વભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನುಮತಿ

ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಡವಳಿಕೆಯ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಅನುಮತಿಸುವ ಇತ್ಯರ್ಥ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനുവാദം

തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിൻ്റെയും പെരുമാറ്റത്തിൻ്റെയും സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം അനുവദിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള ഒരു മനോഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਆਗਿਆਕਾਰੀ

ਚੋਣ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਵਹਾਰ ਦੀ ਆਜ਼ਾਦੀ ਦੀ ਆਗਿਆ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਭਾਅ

🇵🇰Urdu

اجازت

انتخاب اور طرز عمل کی آزادی کی اجازت دینے کا ایک طریقہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

宽容

允许自由选择和行为的倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

寛容さ

選択と行動の自由を認める気質

🇰🇷Korean

허용성

선택과 행동의 자유를 허용하는 성향

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự dễ dãi

một khuynh hướng cho phép tự do lựa chọn và hành vi

🇹🇭Thai

การอนุญาต

การจัดการเพื่อให้มีเสรีภาพในการเลือกและพฤติกรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

sikap permisif

disposisi yang memberikan kebebasan memilih dan berperilaku

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging permissive

isang disposisyon na payagan ang kalayaan sa pagpili at pag-uugali

🇲🇾Malay

sifat permisif

kecenderungan untuk membenarkan kebebasan memilih dan tingkah laku

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

السماح

التصرف للسماح بحرية الاختيار والسلوك

🇮🇷Persian

سهل انگاری

تمایل به اجازه دادن آزادی انتخاب و رفتار

🇹🇷Turkish

serbestlik

Seçim ve davranış özgürlüğüne izin veren bir eğilim

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַתִירָנוּת

נטייה לאפשר חופש בחירה והתנהגות

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