Passivity

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Passivity \Pas*siv"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. passivit['e].]
     1. Passiveness; -- opposed to activity. --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Physics) The tendency of a body to remain in a given
        state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another


        body; inertia. --Cheyne.
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     3. (Chem.) The quality or condition of any substance which
        has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  passivity
       n 1: the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative [syn:
            {passiveness}]
       2: submission to others or to outside influences [syn: {passiveness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  169 Moby Thesaurus words for "passivity":
     Quakerism, a wise passiveness, abeyance, acceptance, acedia,
     acquiescence, aloofness, amenability, apathy, assent, ataraxia,
     ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, blank mind, blankmindedness,
     blankness, boredom, calm of mind, catalepsy, catatonia,
     comatoseness, complaisance, compliance, consent, contemplation,
     contemplative life, deadliness, deathliness, deference, detachment,
     disinterest, dispassion, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism,
     do-nothingness, dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, emptiness of mind,
     empty-headedness, enervation, ennui, entropy, fallow mind, fatigue,
     fatuity, foolishness, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude, homage,
     hopelessness, humbleness, humility, idleness, immobility, inaction,
     inactivity, inanimation, inanity, inappetence, indifference,
     indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, jadedness, kneeling,
     lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, laissez-aller, laissez-faire,
     laissez-faireism, languidness, languishment, languor,
     languorousness, lassitude, latency, lenitude, lentor,
     lethargicalness, lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness,
     lotus-eating, meditation, meekness, mental blankness, neutralism,
     neutrality, neutralness, nirvana, nonchalance, noninvolvement,
     nonopposal, nonopposition, nonparticipation, nonresistance,
     nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, numbness, obedience, obeisance,
     oblivion, oscitancy, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance,
     passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, phlegm,
     phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, policy,
     procrastination, quiescence, quietism, resignation, resignedness,
     satedness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness,
     somnolence, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness, spunklessness,
     stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, stupefaction, stupor,
     subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, supineness,
     suspense, tabula rasa, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, torpidity,
     torpidness, torpitude, torpor, tranquillity, uncomplainingness,
     unconcern, unintelligence, vacancy, vacuity, vegetation,
     vis inertiae, vita contemplativa, waiting game,
     watching and waiting, weariness, withdrawnness, world-weariness,
     yielding