adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
society
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For he grew up before the permissive society and remembers his adolescence.
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We live in a permissive society .
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The permissive society of the 60's and 70's was not yet dreamed of.
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Confusion and uncertainty are the major characteristics of the permissive society according to the conservative-historians.
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For both the conservative- and liberal-historians legislative change is of central importance to an understanding of the permissive society .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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permissive divorce laws
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He had a very permissive upbringing.
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In the permissive society of the 1960s anything was possible.
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It's not always true that young people have a more permissive attitude towards sex.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Earlier, permissive legislation had already enabled some authorities to innovate in services for the disabled.
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For both the conservative- and liberal-historians legislative change is of central importance to an understanding of the permissive society.
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It is also possible to combine a rejecting and an authoritarian attitude, or a loving and a permissive one.
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Police powers were permissive in dealing with the lower classes.
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The Fifties were not a permissive era.
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There was a generally growing permissive attitude, although I don't think that the attitude towards homosexuality was particularly permissive.
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Would you trust him/her to a permissive relationship with contemporary television?