Home › Words › O › overpermissivenessoverpermissivenessoverpermissiveness means excessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.EtymologyFrom over- + permissive + -ness.nounExcessive permissiveness; the quality of being overpermissive.e.g.“The results (Klatskin, Jackson, and Wilkin, 1956 ) showed that sleep disturbances were related to maternal overpermissiveness in the sleep area.” — 1965, Edward J. Murray, Sleep, Dreams, and Arousal:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unpermissiveness 85% match — The quality of being unpermissive. vs overpermissiveness →overpermissive 84% match — Excessively permissive; allowing too much leeway. vs overpermissiveness →impermissiveness 84% match — The quality of being impermissive. vs overpermissiveness →nonpermissiveness 77% match — The state or condition of being nonpermissive. vs overpermissiveness →permissive 72% match — Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient. vs overpermissiveness →nonpermissivity 69% match — The condition of being nonpermissive vs overpermissiveness →excessiveness 66% match — The property of being excessive. vs overpermissiveness →overleniency 65% match — Excessive leniency. vs overpermissiveness →