noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being unpermissive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unpermissiveness
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noun
Meaning 2
a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: restrictiveness
Antonyms: permissiveness
Broader terms: disposition, temperament
Narrower terms: sternness, strictness
History
Etymology
From unpermissive + -ness.