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unpermissiveness vs sternness

sternness vs unpermissiveness

unpermissiveness and sternness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
unpermissiveness Yes No No No
sternness Yes No No No
As nouns, sternness is a hyponym of unpermissiveness; that is, sternness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than unpermissiveness:
  • unpermissiveness: a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
  • sternness: uncompromising resolution
Other hyponyms of unpermissiveness include strictness.
unpermissiveness (noun) sternness (noun)
a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits uncompromising resolution
the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
Difference between unpermissiveness and sternness

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