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unpermissiveness
DEFINITIONS OF:
unpermissiveness
1
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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