permissive

[US]/pəˈmɪsɪv/
[UK]/pərˈmɪsɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. tilladende eller karakteriseret ved stor frihed eller lempelighed; tillader eller karakteriseret ved frihed til at gøre som man lyster; tolerant; tilladende.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

I was not a permissive parent.

Jeg var ikke en eftergivende forælder.

a highly permissive attitude

en meget tilladende holdning

a society that is sexually permissive

et samfund, der er seksuelt eftergivende

the Hague Convention was permissive, not mandatory.

Hague-konventionen var tilladende, ikke obligatorisk.

the mutants grow well at the permissive temperature.

mutanterne vokser godt ved den tilladelige temperatur.

the permissive society of the 60s and 70s.

det eftergivende samfund i 60'erne og 70'erne.

critics believe we are now reaping the harvest of our permissive ways.

Kritikere mener, at vi nu høster frugterne af vores eftergivende levevis.

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