passivistic

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English

Etymology

From passive +‎ -istic.

Adjective

passivistic (comparative more passivistic, superlative most passivistic)

  1. Of or related to passivism.
    • 1998, John Edgar Wideman, Bonnie TuSmith, Conversations with John Edgar Wideman:
      So it isn't a passivistic thing at all. Well, it is passivistic because it's a suggestion — a mantra — to mellow out, to see a larger picture.

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