ALL meanings of permissive
per·mis·sive
P p - adjective permissive overly tolerant 1
- adjective permissive habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid. 1
- adjective permissive granting or denoting permission: a permissive nod. 1
- adjective permissive optional. 1
- adjective permissive Genetics. (of a cell) permitting replication of a strand of DNA that could be lethal, as a viral segment or mutant gene. 1
- adjective permissive A permissive person, society, or way of behaving allows or tolerates things which other people disapprove of. 0
- adjective permissive tolerant; lenient 0
- adjective permissive indulgent in matters of sex 0
- adjective permissive granting permission 0
- adjective permissive not obligatory 0
- adjective permissive giving permission; that permits 0
- adjective permissive allowing freedom; esp., tolerant of behavior or practices disapproved of by others; indulgent; lenient 0
- adjective permissive allowable and at one's option 0