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UNPERMISSIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Synonyms:
restrictiveness; unpermissiveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unpermissiveness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unpermissiveness"):
sternness; strictness (uncompromising resolution)
Antonym:
permissiveness (a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior)
Derivation:
unpermissive (not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline)
