permissive attitude

collocation in English

meaningsofpermissiveandattitude

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permissive
adjective
uk
/pəˈmɪs.ɪv/us
/pɚˈmɪs.ɪv/
A person or society that is permissive allows behaviour that other people might ...
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attitude
noun
uk
/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us
/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofpermissiveandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpermissive attitude

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Would it be correct for clinicians to adopt a morepermissiveattitudetoward such cross-cultural ethical differences?
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Thepermissiveattitudestems from the fact that monopolies are not viewed as necessarily bad.
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It is a negative, slightlypermissiveattitudeand not a positive attitude towards the need for the expansion of employment opportunities by medium-scale development.
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What they want is not just apermissiveattitude, but power to take constructive and positive action to do more for their areas.
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Most of the dangers that arise from ships arise through the operations of flags of convenience with theirpermissiveattitudetowards international conventions.
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The increasinglypermissiveattitudeof the law and order authorities towards minor transgressors who use soft drugs is fostering the drug culture.
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We have to choose between apermissiveattitudetowards drug taking, regardless of its legality, and a non-permissiveattitude.
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If this kind ofpermissiveattitudeis adopted by the older members of the community, is it surprising that it is being taken advantage of by the young?
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The only sound and reliable basis for a law-abiding community is the maintenance of moral standards, and we must never allow apermissiveattitudeto morality to undermine that.
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And we have decided that it appears to go just a little too far, and could encourage apermissiveattitudeto drug-taking.
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Thepermissiveattitudetoward business did not always extend toward large corporations.
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Fear of youth and their rejection is often disguised in apermissiveattitudetoward them.
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He sees more permissive attitudes adopted to fornication and adultery.
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Within the wider community he sees increasingly permissive attitudes.
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I hope, too, that it will not be long before we see a swing away from permissive attitudes and nudity and violence.
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The pendulum must sooner or later swing from permissive attitudes, the happy-go-lucky idea and wage chasing to high standards, and, with that, productivity and employment will rise.
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