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say it: pur-MIS-iv
permissive is an adjective meaning "not preventive". It carries 2 recorded senses.
not preventive
granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline
“direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive”
“permissive parents”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for permissive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.