passivity
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6.3
- noun
- /pæˈsɪvɪti/
:
pasividad
- His constant passivity prevented him from advancing in his career.
- political passivity
- sexual passivity
- foster passivity
Taking notes pushes the note taker from passivity to interaction.
- Taking notes pushes the note taker from passivity to interaction.
- And the third is hypnotic passivity.
- But at the end of the day it was the soldiers job to fight and kill with the rifle and bayonet and passivity in combat meant death.
- It's kind of this aggrieved, apathetic passivity we all have or know complainers in our lives.
- You know, the, the word peace, as as you alluded to, is often brings to mind the idea of, of passivity.
- So it's an identity based on possible victimhood that is passivity rather than what we actually do in the world and what we decide.
- That also, if if not done well, can be you have danger of, of again passivity and of compartmentalization.
Examples
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My tactic has been to first win her trust, then encourage passivity on her part.
Fiction book (1995) -
There's a danger, I think, that endless tolerance leads to intellectual passivity and the kind of uncritical acceptance of all points of view.
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I think it's probably the main disease... is the passivity, where we will listen to whatever anybody else says.
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If they fail, future generations may well pay a high price for their passivity.
Academic text (2008) -
Could their passivity obstruct that process?
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The differences between the Catholic and Protestant beliefs in passivity before God, though, are far more striking.
Academic text (2008) -
Unfortunately, passivity carries with it assumptions by others of dullness and uncaring.
Academic text (2008) -
Obedience is equated with passivity, as if problems will disappear by suppressing or ignoring them.
Academic text (1994) -
Neither artist nor viewer is exempt from the bystanders' ambivalence, oscillating between passivity and the impulse to act.
Academic text (2015) -
Her success and sense of accomplishment were satisfying but also reinforced her passivity, discouraging her from academically pursuing other disciplines.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
39
4.9
Not doing anything when something should be done
12
3.5
A period of time with no movement or action
11
8.5
Agreeing to something without complaining even if you do not want to
1
5.6
A habit of accepting what happens without acting
1
6.6
A lack of response when something happens
1
7.3
Not reacting to people or events, often without emotion
Not doing anything when you should do something, often making the problem worse
A period of not doing anything or moving
A habit of doing what other people want even if you disagree
Not replying or reacting when someone tries to contact you
Antonyms
How Passive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word passivity comes from the Latin root pati, which means 'to suffer' or 'to allow'. It is the same idea you see in the word patient, so passivity is the state of letting things happen or not taking action.