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Meanings of passiveness in inglés

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passivitat
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The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.

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        Examples for "passivity"
        Examples for "passivity"
        1
        We said, why is passivity still a factor in the fashion industry?
        The Irish Times
        2
        I sure hope our passivity didn't contribute to what's going on now.
        The Guardian
        3
        The gorilla seemed puzzled by the strange passivity of the hairless ape.
        Jungle Tales of Tarzan
        4
        Cork 2005: There was no creative passivity in last week's What If?
        The Irish Times
        5
        When faced with barbarity, he insisted passivity could not be an option.
        The Guardian
        Usage of passiveness in inglés
        1
        But he tried at times to slumber, sunk in a wise passiveness.
        The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
        2
        How did you connect with her initial passiveness at her crumbling marriage?
        Reuters
        3
        The silence of the soul before God is no mere passiveness.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
        4
        This is a passive force, and its passiveness only makes it more formidable.
        From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
        5
        Reflects on the Harlowe family, and particularly on Mrs. Harlowe, for her passiveness.
        Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
        6
        She folded her hands with a passiveness which boded future ill.
        The Grey Cloak
        7
        Meantime Averil Ward was acquiescing in all Henry's projects with calm desperate passiveness.
        The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain
        8
        The feeling of surrealism, and passiveness, and fogged stupidity, lifted from me instantly.
        Beat the reaper: a novel
        9
        The essence of these lies in the passiveness and neutrality of the intellectual powers.
        Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
        10
        One would not believe the utter passiveness of the people.
        Life on the Mississippi
        11
        We want activity, no doubt, but we want a wise passiveness as its foundation.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI
        12
        Endeavors to find excuses for her father's ill temper, and for her mother's passiveness.
        Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
        13
        Why, therefore, should not the secret of nature's invariableness be, not passiveness, but rightness?'
        The Recreations of a Country Parson
        14
        As time progressed, the passiveness of Amanda encouraged in Lane his natural love of ruling.
        Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
        15
        All that was required was a 'wise passiveness' and 'a heart that watches and receives'.
        A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
        16
        It was a very simple one-totalpassiveness and silence.
        Christian's Mistake
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        catalán
        passivitat
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        pasividad
        Passiveness through the time
        Passiveness across language varieties
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