permissiveness

Example Sentences

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In recent days, housing industry lobbyists have internally noted the seeming permissiveness of that exemption and others as potential tools for defanging the investor ban, said people familiar with the matter.

From Barron's

Without an investment in the therapeutic parts of the criminal legal system, we seem to be inclined toward one of two extremes — permissiveness or punitiveness.

From Seattle Times

Or is the era of permissiveness at an end for routine balloon-borne research?

From Scientific American

“Impunity always breeds permissiveness,” a recent post said.

From New York Times

These are places where a distinctive Bavarian blend of permissiveness and prohibition is on display, where Bavaria comes to let it all hang out — up to a point.

From Washington Post