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pas·sive
(păs′ĭv)adj.
1. Receiving or subjected to an action without responding or initiating an action in return: the mind viewed as a passive receptacle for sensory experience.
2. Accepting or submitting without objection or resistance; submissive: a passive acceptance of one's fate.
3. Existing, conducted, or experienced without active or concerted effort: "Although tick paralysis is a reportable disease in Washington, surveillance is passive, and only 10 cases were reported during 1987-1995" (US Department of Health and Human Services). "[Many parents believe] that computers are educational and, at the least, less passive than television" (Laurie Hays).
4. Of, relating to, or being certain bonds or shares that do not bear financial interest.
5. Of, relating to, or being a solar heating or cooling system that uses no external mechanical power.
6. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verb form or voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject is the object of the action or the effect of the verb. For example, in the sentence They were impressed by his manner, were impressed is in the passive voice.
7. Chemistry Unreactive except under special or extreme conditions; inert.
8. Electronics Exhibiting no gain or contributing no energy: a passive circuit element.
9. Psychology Relating to or being an inactive or submissive role in a relationship, especially a sexual relationship.
n. Grammar
1. The passive voice.
2. A verb or construction in the passive voice.
[Middle English, from Old French passif, from Latin passīvus, subject to emotion, the passive, from passus, past participle of patī, to suffer; see pē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
pas′sive·ly adv.
pas′sive·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | passiveness - submission to others or to outside influences submissiveness - the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. |
2. | ![]() inertia, inactiveness, inactivity - a disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" spiritlessness, numbness, apathy, indifference - the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally torpidness, torpor, listlessness, torpidity - inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy |
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Translations
عَدَم نَشاط، لا فاعليَّه
netečnost
passivitet
hlutleysi; aîgerîaleysi
eylemsizlik
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passiveness
, passivityn → Passivität f
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passive
(ˈpӕsiv) adjective1. showing no interest, emotion etc, or not resisting an attack etc. The villagers showed passive resistance to the enemy
2. of the form of the verb used when the subject receives the action of the verb. The boy was bitten by the dog.
ˈpassively adverbˈpassiveness noun
pasˈsivity noun
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