unpermissive
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a word derived from
permissive.
permissiveadjectivehabitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
Example Sentences
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A comma or nothing would have been neutral and objective, a period was making a point, stern and unpermissive.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2018
Who gave us the intellectual courage to be intolerant and unpermissive?
From Time Magazine Archive
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