overpermissiveness

noun

Excessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.

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Meanings

nounoverpermissiveness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.

    The results (Klatskin, Jackson, and Wilkin, 1956 ) showed that sleep disturbances were related to maternal overpermissiveness in the sleep area.

    1965, Edward J. Murray, Sleep, Dreams, and Arousal
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    Among the reactions with which the child must learn to cope are overprotectiveness, overpermissiveness, anger or embarrassment, and rejection by society.

    1982, Rita Beck Black, Bruce P. Hermann, Jean Thatcher Shope, Nursing Management of Epilepsy, page 97

    Here such cases as ghost words & misglosses, secondary semantics, different etymologies for one etymon or one etymology for different etyma, and finally semantic overpermissiveness are discussed.

    2006, Folia orientalia - Volumes 42-43, page 467

Origin

From over- + permissive + -ness.

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