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unpermissiveness

DEFINITIONS OF: unpermissiveness

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n a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits

Synonyms:
restrictiveness
Antonyms:
permissiveness, tolerance
a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
Types:
sternness, strictness
uncompromising resolution
Puritanism
strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
excessive sternness
Type of:
disposition, temperament
your usual mood
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