English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pæˈsɪvɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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.[3]
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[edit]the state of being passive
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submissiveness
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a lack of initiative
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References
[edit]- ^ “passivity, n.”, in OED Online 👁 Paid subscription required
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “passivity (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/131/10/2783/1745755
Further reading
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- “passivity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “passivity”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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