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Definition of the permissive society noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the permissive society

noun

/ðə pəˌmɪsɪv səˈsaɪəti/

/ðə pərˌmɪsɪv səˈsaɪəti/

[singular] (often disapproving)

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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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