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permissivism

American

[per-mis-uh-viz-uhm] / pərˈmɪs əˌvɪz əm /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

permissivist

noun

Etymology

Origin of permissivism

First recorded in 1965–70; permissive + -ism

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