passivity

English

Etymology

passive +‎ -ity, from Latin passivitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæˈsɪvɪti/

Noun

passivity (countable and uncountable, plural passivities)

1. The state of being passive.
2. Submissiveness.
3. A lack of initiative.
4. (psychiatry) The belief that one's thoughts or actions are influenced or controlled by an external agent.

Synonyms

• passiveness

Antonyms

• activity

Related terms

• passion
• passionate
• passive
• patience
• patient

Translations

the state of being passive

• Asturian: pasividá f
• Belarusian: пасі́ўнасць f (pasíŭnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: пасивност (bg) f (pasivnost)
• Catalan: passivitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被動狀態／被动状态 (bèidòng zhuàngtài)

• French: passivité (fr) f
• Galician: pasividade (gl) f
• German: Passivität (de) f, Passivzustand m
• Greek:

  Ancient: πάθησις f (páthēsis)

• Hungarian: passzivitás (hu), tétlenség (hu)
• Irish: éighníomhaíocht f, neamhghníomhaíocht f
• Italian: passività f
• Polish: pasywność (pl) f, bierność (pl) f
• Portuguese: passividade f
• Romanian: pasivitate (ro) f
• Russian: пассивность (ru) f (passivnostʹ)
• Slovak: pasivita, nečinnosť
• Spanish: pasividad (es) f
• Ukrainian: паси́вність f (pasývnistʹ)

submissiveness

• German: Unterwürfigkeit (de) f

a lack of initiative

• Bulgarian: инертност (bg) f (inertnost)
• German: Passivität (de) f, Passivhaltung f
• Romanian: pasivitate (ro) f
• Slovak: pasivita

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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pasivitate (ro) f

Further reading

Wikiquote

• “passivity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “passivity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.