permission structure

English

Noun

permission structure (plural permission structures)

  1. A mental framework or set of ideas that allows one to change one’s mind without negative emotional or psychological consequences.
    • 2013 May 1, Steve Holland, Caren Bohan, “In Obama's jargon, getting to yes requires a 'permission structure'”, in World‎[1], Reuters, retrieved 13 August 2025:
      "Part of building the permission structure to get them there was having the vote on the public option in the Senate and then seeing it fail, knowing that there was no choice. Either there was going to be health care without a public option or there would no healthcare reform," the former aide said.
    • 2013 May 3, David Jackson, “Obama promotes the term 'permission structure'”, in USA Today‎[2], Gannett, retrieved 13 August 2025:
      "We're going to try to do everything we can to create a permission structure for them to be able to do what's going to be best for the country," Obama said. "But it's going to take some time."
    • 2020 January 7, Chris Liddell-Westefeld, They Said This Day Would Never Come: Chasing the Dream on Obama's Improbable Campaign, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
      Creating a permission structure for independents and some Republicans to be able to vote for a Black guy named Barack Obama—that happened at the doors.
    • 2020 September 5, Jonathan Lemire, “Trump out to build ‘permission structure’ to win back voters”, in PBS NewsHour‎[3], PBS, retrieved 13 August 2025:
      It’s all part of the Trump campaign’s effort to construct a “permission structure” — a clunky catchphrase for creating an emotional and psychological gateway to help disenchanted voters feel comfortable voting for the president again despite their reservations about him personally.
    • 2024 September 10, Bradley Onishi, Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--And What Comes Next, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, →ISBN:
      In his writing on the January 6 insurrection, Peter Manseau argues that the rioters had a “permission structure” that provided the psychological mechanism needed to justify killing police officers and erecting gallows for the vice president.
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