'passivism' definitions:
Definition of 'passivism'
(from WordNet)
noun
The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable [syn: pacifism, pacificism, passivism]
Definition of 'passivism'
From: GCIDE
- passivism \pas"si*vism`\ n.
- 1. The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable; hence, the principle of passive resistance. [WordNet sense 1]
- Syn: pacifism. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. The quality of being passive. [PJC]
Words containing 'passivism'
- Passive,
- Passively,
- Passiveness,
- Passivity,
- Passive aeroplane,
- Passive balloon,
- Passive congestion,
- Passive flight,
- Passive hyperaemia,
- Passive iron,
- Passive movement,
- Passive obedience,
- Passive prayer,
- Passive verb,
- Passive voice,
- passive immunity,
- passive power,
- passive resistance,
- passive resister,
- passive source,
- passive transport,
- passive trust,
- passive air defense,
- passive matrix display