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Passiveness

Passiveness Meaning & Definition
Passiveness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Passiveness?

[n] the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative
[n] submission to others or to outside influences

Synonyms | Synonyms for Passiveness: passivity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Passiveness:

See Also | apathy | inactiveness | inactivity | indifference | inertia | listlessness | spiritlessness | submissiveness | torpidity | torpidness | torpor

Passiveness In Webster's Dictionary

\Pas"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. --J. Edwards.

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