Permissive
Meaning of Permissive
Allowing a lot of freedom; tolerant.
ما معنى كلمة Permissive بالعربي؟
متساهل ومتسامح
🤝🎈 متساهل ومتسامح في تطبيق القواعد؛ يسمح بحرية أكبر في التصرف؛ مرن في التعامل ولا يفرض قيود صارمة على السلوك 🎈🌸
قصة GL: النهج المتسامح في تصميم التدريبات يميز منصة Genetic G Learning - فبدلاً من الضغط الصارم، يُسمح للمتدربين بالتقدم وفق إيقاعهم الشخصي، مما يقلل التوتر ويحفز الإبداع الطبيعي والتعلم المستدام ✨
Permissive in a sentence
Permissive and strict parenting styles were compared in the study.
A permissive licence allows wide reuse.
Permissive rules on data use need care.
Permissive classrooms need clear limits.
Origin of Permissive
From Latin permissivus, from permittere.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, permissive can be positive or lax. GL design is flexible yet has clear goals.
Permissive audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "permissive" — adjective, pronounced /pəˈmɪsɪv/, with the stress on "mis".
Narrator: Something permissive allows a great deal of freedom, and tolerates behaviour that stricter rules would forbid.
Narrator: In plain English, a permissive person or system says yes far more often than it says no.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin verb permittere, meaning to let through or to allow, joined to the ending ive, which turns an action into a quality.
Narrator: A very common collocation is a permissive licence, which describes a software licence that lets you use, change and redistribute the code with very few conditions.
Narrator: It differs from lenient, because lenient suggests mercy after a fault has been committed, while permissive describes a settled attitude that allowed the freedom in the first place.
Narrator: We also speak of a permissive society, or permissive parenting, where few boundaries are set and choice is left to the individual.
Narrator: Software law, open source engineering, education, sociology, medicine and network security all rely on the word daily.
Narrator: So remember: permissive means generously allowing, with the gates left wide open rather than guarded.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why do developers get so excited when a project is described as permissive?
Speaker B: Because freedom is the whole prize! PERMISSIVE comes from the Latin permittere, to let through, and a permissive licence lets you build a business on someone else's code without asking permission.
Speaker A: So it is not only about licences, then?
Speaker B: Quite right, it stretches from parenting to firewalls, anywhere the rules are unusually relaxed.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The company chose a permissive licence for its new library." That means almost no restrictions on reuse. "Her parents were famously permissive about bedtimes." That means very few limits were imposed. "Our firewall settings are far too permissive." That means it allows traffic it really ought to block.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse permissive with permissible: permissive describes the rule maker who allows, while permissible describes the thing that is allowed. And spell it with two s letters in the middle, never with a c.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Lenient is the merciful cousin, tolerant is the near twin, and liberal is the broad alternative, though permissive keeps its slightly raised eyebrow charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "permissive" in AI prompts — useful for open source licence selection and for auditing over relaxed cloud permissions.
Speaker A: How does it apply when choosing a licence for a new library?
Speaker B: Ask the model to compare the options in plain language.
Prompt: Compare the most common permissive open source licences for a JavaScript library and recommend one for a startup that wants maximum adoption.
Speaker A: And for cloud security reviews?
Speaker B: Have it hunt for rules that are dangerously wide.
Prompt: Review this cloud identity policy and flag every permissive rule that grants broader access than the described workload requires.
Speaker A: Could it help with application configuration?
Speaker B: Yes, ask for a tighter default set.
Prompt: Rewrite these default application settings so they are no longer permissive, explaining the risk removed by each change.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Let's use it for documentation written for newcomers.
Prompt: Write a short onboarding page explaining to junior developers what a permissive licence means and when our team may safely depend on one.
Frequently asked questions about Permissive
What does Permissive mean?
Allowing a lot of freedom; tolerant.
ما معنى كلمة Permissive بالعربي؟
متساهل ومتسامح — 🤝🎈 متساهل ومتسامح في تطبيق القواعد؛ يسمح بحرية أكبر في التصرف؛ مرن في التعامل ولا يفرض قيود صارمة على السلوك 🎈🌸
How do you pronounce Permissive?
Permissive is pronounced /pəˈmɪsɪv/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Permissive used in a sentence?
Permissive and strict parenting styles were compared in the study.
What are synonyms of Permissive?
liberal, lenient, tolerant, indulgent, easy-going, lax.