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Significados de passivity em inglês

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The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.

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Examples for "passiveness"
Examples for "passiveness"
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But he tried at times to slumber, sunk in a wise passiveness.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
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How did you connect with her initial passiveness at her crumbling marriage?
Reuters
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The silence of the soul before God is no mere passiveness.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
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This is a passive force, and its passiveness only makes it more formidable.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
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Reflects on the Harlowe family, and particularly on Mrs. Harlowe, for her passiveness.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
Uso de passivity em inglês
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We said, why is passivity still a factor in the fashion industry?
The Irish Times
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I sure hope our passivity didn't contribute to what's going on now.
The Guardian
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The gorilla seemed puzzled by the strange passivity of the hairless ape.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
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Cork 2005: There was no creative passivity in last week's What If?
The Irish Times
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When faced with barbarity, he insisted passivity could not be an option.
The Guardian
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She had fallen into an uncharacteristic passivity in her marriages as well.
Wrangling the redhead
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Madame Piriac, who had hitherto maintained the most complete passivity, restrained her.
The Lion's Share
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The psalms which possibly belong to this period show a singular passivity.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
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Why had she not thought of this-herfathers passivity or even opposition?
The Iron Game: A Tale of the War
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Society is a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating passivity to nature.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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The main problem, I realized, had been my passivity-almostirrelevancy-duringthis whole trip.
The Hyperion Cantos
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US passivity up to now has drawn unprecedented criticism at home and abroad.
The Irish Times
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Our schools enforce passivity on the child; his creative energy is bottled up.
A Dominie in Doubt
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He'd greet any potential conflict between Shannon and himself with his usual passivity.
The bay at midnight
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Such passivity was worse than undignified, it was galling; I knew that well.
The Beetle: A Mystery
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On the other hand, passivity seemed to have one major drawback.
Existence
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Passivity ao longo do tempo
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