passivity
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæˈsɪvɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
passivity (countable and uncountable, plural passivities)
- The state of being passive.
- Submissiveness.
- A lack of initiative.
- (psychiatry) The belief that one's thoughts or actions are influenced or controlled by an external agent.
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Translations
the state of being passive
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submissiveness
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a lack of initiative
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References
- ^ “passivity, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “passivity (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/131/10/2783/1745755
Further reading
- “passivity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “passivity”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.