unpermissiveness

Definitions of unpermissiveness
  1. noun
    a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
    synonyms: restrictiveness
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    antonyms:
    permissiveness
    a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
    types:
    sternness, strictness
    uncompromising resolution
    Puritanism
    strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
    austerity, hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
    excessive sternness
    type of:
    disposition, temperament
    your usual mood
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