the permissive society
noun/ðə pəˌmɪsɪv səˈsaɪəti/
/ðə pərˌmɪsɪv səˈsaɪəti/
[singular] (often disapproving)- the changes towards greater freedom in attitudes and behaviour that happened in many countries in the 1960s and 1970s, especially the greater freedom in sexual matters
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