passivity
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Etymology edit
passive + -ity, from Latin passivitas.
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Noun edit
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.[1]
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the state of being passive
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submissiveness
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a lack of initiative
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Further reading edit
- “passivity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “passivity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.