permissivist

To the permissivist to coin an awkward but convenient term, this is nonsense.

Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009

To the permissivist to coin an awkward but convenient term, this is nonsense.

Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009

Trilling charged that the Male volume was not the neutral scientific document it pretended to be but a highly tendentious work with a permissivist bias.

Dr. Kinsey's Revolution 2004

Trilling charged that the Male volume was not the neutral scientific document it pretended to be but a highly tendentious work with a permissivist bias.

Dr. Kinsey's Revolution 2004

Either extreme of the authority continuum—the cold, rigid, power-wielding authoritarian or the lax, weak-kneed permissivist—creates problems for both parent and child.

You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

Either extreme of the authority continuum—the cold, rigid, power-wielding authoritarian or the lax, weak-kneed permissivist—creates problems for both parent and child.

You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

Neither the authoritarian nor the permissivist parent but only the authoritative parent is in true control.

You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

Neither the authoritarian nor the permissivist parent but only the authoritative parent is in true control.

You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

"Actually, I think anyone who has read Baby and Child Care understands that I am not a permissivist, that I never talked about instant gratification."

BBC News - Home 2011

Dwight Bolinger Palo Alto, California To Bury the Hatchetmen How is one to deal with the image of the linguist as arch-permissivist -- a reputation partly earned no doubt but mostly bestowed by critics who see the questioning of authority in language as a threat?

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1 1981