"passivity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pæˈsɪvɪti/ Forms: passivities [plural]
Etymology: From passive + -ity, from Latin passivitas. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₁-}}, {{suffix|en|passive|ity}} passive + -ity, {{uder|en|la|passivitas}} Latin passivitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} passivity (countable and uncountable, plural passivities)
  1. The state of being passive. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being passive): πάθησις (páthēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), pasividá [feminine] (Asturian), пасі́ўнасць (pasíŭnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), пасивност (pasivnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), passivitat [feminine] (Catalan), 被動狀態 (Chinese Mandarin), 被动状态 (bèidòng zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), passivité [feminine] (French), pasividade [feminine] (Galician), Passivität [feminine] (German), Passivzustand [masculine] (German), निष्क्रियता (niṣkriytā) [feminine] (Hindi), passzivitás (Hungarian), tétlenség (Hungarian), éighníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), neamhghníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), passività [feminine] (Italian), pasywność [feminine] (Polish), bierność [feminine] (Polish), passividade [feminine] (Portuguese), pasivitate [feminine] (Romanian), пассивность (passivnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pasivita (Slovak), nečinnosť (Slovak), pasividad [feminine] (Spanish), паси́вність (pasývnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. Submissiveness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (submissiveness): Unterwürfigkeit [feminine] (German)
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  3. A lack of initiative. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a lack of initiative): инертност (inertnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Passivität [feminine] (German), Passivhaltung [feminine] (German), pasivitate [feminine] (Romanian), pasivita (Slovak)
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  4. (psychiatry) The belief that one's thoughts or actions are influenced or controlled by an external agent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychiatry
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passiveness Related terms: passion, passionate, passive, patience, patient

Inflected forms

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