'Passivity' definitions:
Definition of 'passivity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative [syn: passivity, passiveness]
noun
Submission to others or to outside influences [syn: passivity, passiveness]
Definition of 'Passivity'
From: GCIDE
- Passivity \Pas*siv"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. passivit['e].]
- 1. Passiveness; -- opposed to activity. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chem.) The quality or condition of any substance which has no inclination to chemical activity; inactivity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'passivity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Quakerism,
- 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
Words containing 'Passivity'
- Passive,
- Passively,
- Passiveness,
- passivism,
- 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