'Inactivity' definitions:
Definition of 'inactivity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being inactive [syn: inaction, inactivity, inactiveness] [ant: action, activeness, activity]
noun
A disposition to remain inactive or inert; "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work" [syn: inactiveness, inactivity, inertia] [ant: activeness, activity]
noun
Being inactive; being less active [ant: activity]
Definition of 'Inactivity'
From: GCIDE
- Inactivity \In`ac*tiv"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. inactivit['e].] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; lack of energy; sluggishness. [1913 Webster]
- The gloomy inactivity of despair. --Cook. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inactivity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a wise passiveness,
- comfort,
- contemplation,
- contemplative life,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- do-nothing policy,
- do-nothingism,
- do-nothingness,
- dolce far niente,
- dormancy,
- ease,
- fixation,
- fixity,
- hastelessness,
- hibernation,
- idleness,
- immobility,
- inaction,
- inactiveness,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- languidness,
- laziness,
- leisureliness,
- lethargy,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- meditation,
- motionlessness,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- neutralness,
- noninvolvement,
- nonparticipation,
- nonresistance,
- nonviolence,
- nonviolent resistance,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- passive resistance,
- passive self-annihilation,
- passiveness,
- passivism,
- passivity,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- policy,
- procrastination,
- quiescence,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- relaxation,
- relaxedness,
- repose,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- serenity,
- sleep,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- somnolence,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- standpattism,
- stasis,
- stillness,
- torpor,
- tranquillity,
- unbuttoned ease,
- unhastiness,
- unhurriedness,
- vegetation,
- vita contemplativa,
- waiting game,
- watching and waiting